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NRSC MDCL WG Meeting (Conference Call)
Name	NRSC MDCL WG Meeting (Conference Call)
Time	Thursday, 17 January 2013, 03:00pm to 04:30pm EST
Location	877-336-1274, code 4558285
Description	Call-in number: 877-336-1274 (International dial-in +1-404-443-6386) Participant code: 4558285 Website: https://webmeeting.att.com Meeting Number: 877-336-1274 Code: 4558285 Email Address: Enter Your Name: DURING THE MEETING, please login to the CEA KAVI web site (http://standards.ce.org) and REGISTER YOUR ATTENDANCE.
Agenda	1. Welcome/introductions 2. Approval of agenda 3. Approval of meeting report from 12/19/12 meeting 4. Chairman's remarks (T. Hardy) 5. Action item review (5/23/12) Group members are asked to submit theoretical, lab or field test results with regards to Hybrid IBOC/MDCL performance. Of specific interest are IBOC system performance (receivability and transmitter mask compliance) as well as IBOC to Analog co-channel interference. (6/21/12) CEA and NAB staff will determine which reference documents may be posted on the NRSC website, and which ones may not due to copyright restrictions. This will be done later in the process as the reference document list becomes more stable. (8/14/12) All MDCLWG members will provide various audio samples and the negative peak modulation levels of the transmissions that were associated with them. Of particular interest are samples of news/talk content, sports content, religious music content, oldies music content and popular music content. (12/19/12) Mr. Detweiler agreed to determine if iBiquity can support MDCL IBOC compatibility testing using a reference grade receiver. (12/19/12) Mr. Detweiler agreed to determine what iBiquity thinks about conducting MDCL IBOC compatibility tests using consumer receivers currently on the market. (12/19/12) Mr. Hardy and Mr. Mendenhall will determine if Nautel and Harris, respectively, can support MDCL IBOC compatibility testing. 6. Document development a. Document outline discussion b. IBOC compatibility discussion 7. Other business 8. Future meetings February 21, 2013, 2:30 – 4 pm EST (Conference Call) 9. Adjourn
Submitter	Ms. Cheryl Coleridge
Group	NRSC AFAB MDCL Modulation-Dependent Carrier Level Working Group
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Public URL	http://standards.ce.org/apps/group_public/event.php?event_id=1016

Meeting Attendees Spreadsheet
Company	Name	Role
Astral Media Inc.	Wally Lennox	Member
Bergman & Associates	Michael Bergman	Member
Broadcast Electronics Inc.	Doug Foote	Member
Canadian Broadcasters' TCC	Wayne Stacey	Member
Consumer Electronics Association	Dave Wilson	Manager
Hammett & Edison, Inc.	Stanley Salek	Member
National Association of Broadcasters	Cheryl Coleridge	Manager
National Association of Broadcasters	David Layer	Manager
Rogers	Rick Dal Farra	Member

Meeting Statistics
Quorum rule	0% of active voting companies
Achieved quorum	yes
Individual Attendance	Contributing Members: 9 of 19 (47%) Voting Members: 6 of 12 (50%) Active Voting Members: 5 of 9 (55%)
Company Attendance	Contributing Companies: 8 of 15 (53%) Voting Companies: 6 of 11 (54%) Active Voting Companies: 5 of 9 (55%) (used for quorum calculation)