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to: TOM WALKER
from: SCOTT CHRISTENSEN
date: 1997-12-18 05:09:00
subject: Re: AM Stereo

Tom Walker writes in a message to Roy Witt
 RW> That was tried here in So. California a while back.  Back then it 
required
 RW> AM recievers, each tuned to opposite sides/ends of the AM signal.  I 
don't
 RW> think it worked out too well, as I've not heard about it for some time. 
 TW>  It is basicly a Double sideband AM signal with ther Right 
 TW> and Left information devided between the Upper and Lower sideband 
 TW> portoions of hte carrier. There is a Mexican Classical Station 
 TW> on AM 540 broadcasting an AM Stero signal here in the San Diego 
 TW> California area. The seperation though is very poor. 
This was the Kahn system and it is no longer legal for transmission of stereo 
AM in the USA.  The Motorola CQUAM system uses a low frequency pilot tone and 
an FM modulation of the carrier to send the L-R information.
  
Why are we discussing AM stereo in this echo?  If anyone wants to know more, 
hop up to BROADCAST where this discussion makes sense!
 
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