RE: [TCLUG:12721] AM Stereo Info was Re: [OT] 4-channel MP3/CD-audio?

["Eric Hillman" <ehillman@cccu.com>]

>
> Mike Hicks wrote:
> > > AM can do stereo, but I do not know the method that was
> chosen for US AM
> > > Stereo broadcast. With the limited bandwidth of AM to begin with, I
> > > wouldn't expect a pleasant listening experience for music...
> but perhaps a
> > > spoken play or stage act might be OK.
> >
> > Can AM stations do stereo again?  My mother had a radio in her car a
> > number of years ago that could understand AM stereo, but I understood
> > that stereo AM was only around for a short time..
>
> >From memory (and not a very good one) I think AM stereo was basically
> acheived by broadcasting two separate audio programs very in close
> proximity to one another (830AM would be like 829.5AM and 830.5AM). Can
> anyone verify this information?

 I believe that's correct.  I do know that the U's station, (KUOM 770)
claims to broadcast stereo AM, but I've never owned a stereo that actually
handled it.  It's sort of a "that's great, but why bother" technology -- 90%
of AM stations these days are talk radio anyways...


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Eric Hillman
UNIX Sysadmin
City & County Credit Union
ehillman@cccu.com