[BC] AM Stereo On A Mono Radio

[Mike McCarthy]

As others have alluded, clean up the plant, install a SS TX, broadband the 
antenna, and tune the system properly for proper cusp rotation. The station 
will sound better regardless of whether C-QUAM is installed.  Those are 
proven facts...over and over.

I never saw a decrease in mono range with a C-QUAM system operating.  So 
that angle is bunk.  Plain and simple.

Modernize your plant, antenna ground, and it's matching system (note I 
didn't say tuning) and you'll hear the improvement immediately.

MM

At 01:39 AM 10/3/2007 -0400, Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote
>Ok, so I'm currently having some "arguments" with a few radio friends of
>mine, some station owners (with minor technical background) and some long
>time engineers.
>
>If WABV were to go solid state, install an AM Stereo exciter and AM Strereo
>audio processor, would we sound better even on a mono radio? Would we los
>any range.
>
>Right now, its about 75/25 .. with the 75 percent saying you wouldnt lose
>any range and that even on a mono radio, an AM Stereo station would sound
>better? (I even have the owner of a currently operating AM Stereo station on
>the eastern seaboard agreeing with me..)
>
>I'm looking purely for thoughts and opinions.. I know some people think AM
>Stereo is dead etc, but I'm merely looking for the facts.
>--
>Sincerely,
>Paul B. Walker, Jr.
>www.walkerbroadcasting.com
>www.myspace.com/walkerbroadcasting
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