Chapter2.5

Analog and Digital Terrestrial Radio Standards

Stanley Salek, P.E.

Hammett & Edison, Inc. Consulting Engineers

Sonoma, CA

Lawrie Hallett, PhD

Senior Lecturer in Radio and Technical Director,

Future Digital Norfolk Limited

Norwich, Norfolk, UK

Part 1: U.S. Domestic NRSC Standards and Guidelines

Introduction

The National Radio Systems Committee (NRSC)1 is jointly sponsored by the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB)2 and the Consumer Technology Association (CTA).3 Its purpose is to study and make recommendations for technical standards that relate to radio broadcasting and the reception of radio broadcast signals. The NRSC is a vehicle by which broadcasters and receiver manufacturers work together toward solutions to common issues ...

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