Maybe the Melbourne station used SeQuam like the system that was adopted in
the states. Stereo separation was pretty decent and most of the big gun
radio stations in Pittsburgh broadcast in stereo 24 7. by the late 90's
stereo AM went buy the wayside like HD AM is pretty much done around here
now. If KDKA can't make a go or looses interest in the newest form of
transmission, the others follow suit.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dane Trethowan" <grtd...@internode.on.net>
To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 8:26 PM
Subject: Re: Stereo AM
I think I know the Sony Walkman Stereo AM Walkman you're referring to, its
easily identifiable by the very large band switch on the face of the radio,
I used to call that Walkman the "Biscuit Radio" as the band switch reminded
me of a chocolate biscuit/cookie <smile>.
The radio was okay though I thought the smaller Sangean Pocket model had the
edge, far better sensitivity to start with though - knowing Sangean as I
do - that's not at all surprising.
I have a couple of Sony AM Stereo tuners though they had to be adjusted to
get decent clarity out of them, they also exhibited an annoying trait, you
could hear the 25HZ tone which tells the tuner that the signal is an AM
Stereo signal.
The other capable Stereo AM tuner I have here is one that I had built for me
from the information supplied in the electronics magazine Silicon Chip back
in 1987.
What I like about Stereo AM is that it can be broadcast at any time and - if
its done properly - the average consumer will not notice any interference or
odd sound from their standard Mono AM radio, some of the AM Stereo signals I
used to listen to did exhibit slight bass distortion on a Mono set but these
signals usually sounded pretty poor when listening on an AM Stereo tuner.
The Melbourne radio station 3UZ had by far the best Stereo AM sound I've
ever heard - along with Canberra's 2CA -, I don't know what they were using
on their transmitter but even the mono signal sounded clean and crisp.
On 6 Apr 2014, at 5:32 am, Steve Jacobson <steve.jacob...@visi.com> wrote:
I had a Carver TX11 tuner that received AM stereo and also a Sony pocket
portable that did. There is no doubt that the current HD system on AM is
quieter and better sounding, but one has to have such a
perfect signal that I find it pretty annoying. In addition, stations that
use HD on AM have to restrict their analog audio bandwidth. I actually
prefer a noisier but more reliable AM stereo system as was used here
in the US in the 1980's. Even more, that system did not interfere with
adjacent stations as does the HD system does now.
Best regards,
Steve Jacobson
On Sat, 5 Apr 2014 13:09:27 -0400, Tom Kaufman wrote:
In the 90s. WSM (Nashville, Tennessee) was in AM stereo; we had an AM
stereo
system in the car (a Lincoln Town Car) I remember riding home from a gig
and
would have the Grand Ole Opry on one night; if the station would come in
just right, the "stereo" would kick in; it sounded great! But my first
experience with hearing AM stereo (again it was with WSM) we had traveled
to
Nashville; we had a Lincoln Town Car; I did not realize that the car was
equipped with AM stereo! We had stopped to see about getting rooms (my
father and I stayed in the car and WSM was on the radio. But then I
noticed it was in stereo, so I figured "no; that couldn't be WSM!" So
just
to confirm what I thought my ear was telling me, I asked my father to
tell
me what station the radio was on! When he said 6500, then I knew and was
totally amazed at how good it sounded!
Tom Kaufman
-----Original Message-----
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Evan
Reese
Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 12:59 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Stereo AM
Back in the 80s when I was visiting my parents in California, there was a
stero AM station. But I didn't have any stereo AM receivers. But I did
have
two portable radios. I discovered that if you tuned them just right, you
could get the stereo sound.
Evan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dane Trethowan" <grtd...@internode.on.net>
To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 12:34 PM
Subject: Stereo AM
Back to the glory days of radio <smile>.
Actually we do have one radio station in Australia to my knowledge that
does
broadcast in AM Stereo to this day and that's 2CA Canberra, Here's a
recording I found on Youtube of a station in the U.S. though I'm not sure
when the content was actually aired, quite nice audio so - for those who
have never heard stereo AM before - take a moment to enjoy.
<WCTC in AM Stereo on Denon TU-680NAB>
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