[BC] What ever happen to AMAX

[Mike Erickson]

Reading this, the processor could obviously not qualify.  AMAX was a
certification left for receivers only and should not have been a selling
point for an audio processor.

On 4/21/07, Mike Erickson <wirelessmedia at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Any processor that met NRSC standards could be considered AMAX.. and that
> included the 9100, the Inovonics 235, the CRL systems and the Omnia
> processors for AM.
>
> Here is something on AMAX, best I could do at 3am
> '
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMAX
>
>
>  On 4/21/07, Bailey, Scott <sbailey at nespower.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > I was wondering, what ever happened to the AMAX idea?  What did AMAX
> > stand for, and do current processors employ some of the technology of
> > AMAX today. I recall reading that the Inovonics 235, AM Processor
> > claimed to be AMAX certified. I don't why that is an important feature,
> > but I guess that is a Jim Wood question.  He Jim, are you home from NAB
> > yet! I never got the chance to learn more about AMAX.  Can somebody fill
> > me in.
> >
> > Scott Bailey
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:  Mark Humphrey
> >
> > Wasn't this the objective of "AMAX"?
> >
> > I recall that Jerry Lee, owner of WBEB here in Philadelphia and
> > influential NAB board member, encouraged the broadcast industry to
> > fund development of an affordable high-performance AM/FM receiver
> > about 20 years ago.  He also owned WFIL at that time,  wanted to do
> > something to enhance the quality of AM audio, and realized that there
> > was much room for improvement of receivers.  Dick Sequerra, who had
> > designed fixed-tuned FM radios for Jerry, was recommended as a
> > consultant.  I don't remember the original name of his initiative, but
> > it later evolved into AMAX.  Who remembers more about this?
> >
> > Unfortunately, these efforts fizzled out around the same time as the
> > IBOC concept was introduced as the "digital panacea" for all of AM's
> > shortcomings.
> >
> > Mark
> >
> >
> >
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