[BC] AM Stereo On A Mono Radio

[Chuck Lakaytis]

As we install our new ATU's we still have the transmitters in analog.  But
everyone mentions the increased audio quality.  

Chuck Lakaytis
Director of Engineering
Alaska Public Broadcasting, Inc.
135 Cordova St.
Anchorage, Alaska 99501
907 277 6300  Office
907 277 6350  Fax
907 301 4339  Cell
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[mailto:broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net] On Behalf Of Mike McCarthy
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2007 4:57 AM
To: Broadcasters' Mailing List
Subject: Re: [BC] AM Stereo On A Mono Radio

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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