[BC] AM Stereo On A Mono Radio

[Tom]

If nothing else, you'd SOUND better, even if it were all mono; but 
AFAIK, AM Stereo, unlike FM Stereo, doesn't hurt mono coverage.  (FM 
doesn't either, except in terms of loudness - for every subcarrier 
added, the mono signal must be reduced to accommodate it, which is 
NOT the case in AM Stereo).

At least that's been my experience.  Although some claim the skywave 
can suffer from interaction between the C-QUAM phase-modulated 
carrier and the ionosphere... I never noticed it, at least back when 
I had a good AMS tuner.  (only problem I ever noticed was that pesky 
25 Hz. "pilot" under quiet passages.)

Tom S.

Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote:
>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..)