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Post by seattlefollower on Sept 7, 2011 15:30:27 GMT -6
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Post by CAwasinNJ on Sept 7, 2011 21:05:32 GMT -6
As with most things, the answer is money.
Radio manufacturers do the bare minimum to get the radios to receive AM programming. The vast majority of them don't even pass the full possible frequency response that AM is capable of. (It was 15kHz years ago, the same as FM, but the FCC cut it down to reduce interference. I think now it's 10kHz.) Forget about adding the expense of C-QUAM analog stereo. The excuse is that the vast majority of AM listening (such as it is) is talk programming anyway. Whether that happened because of the crappy AM receivers or whether the crappy receivers were a response to that I don't know. We're kinda stuck now though.
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Post by cachefreetv on Oct 11, 2011 5:33:47 GMT -6
I'm going to vote for "cheapo crappy AM receivers" being the culprit here. Personally, I'm looking for an "old school" AM radio to do AM on.
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Post by dxstuboy on Oct 11, 2011 11:06:25 GMT -6
I've been on the lookout for a used AM stereo receiver for a few years now, but as far as the selection around here of stations using AM stereo, it is quite weak. I do think it would be cool to DX AM Stereo though, just like anything else
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