[BC] 19 kHz pilot level...

[Burt I. Weiner]

I know of several stations that run their pilot injection right on 
the lower allowed edge at 8% in order to hopefully have the stereo 
decoding drop out at higher signal levels and before it gets too noisy.

Burt

At 08:38 AM 1/18/2006, you wrote:
>Subject: Re: [BC]  FM Band  other used for 19 kHz.
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>PLL stereo decoders (the ones used for the past 30 years - like the MC1310 and
>LM1800) can lock onto as little as 4% pilot. If I had my say, pilot injection
>would be cut by 5% (to 5%) and the additional modulation used to increase
>program loudness.
>
>-D

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