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Wideband FM does sound lovely - FM Stereo however, less so - much.. uhh, crappier signal to noise radio, and relatively low channel separation depending on cond
by Aloha 9y ago
Wideband FM does sound lovely - FM Stereo however, less so - much.. uhh, crappier signal to noise radio, and relatively low channel separation depending on conditions.
All told, I generally prefer analog FM to FM HD Radio - though I also listen to AM extensively - and I like how it sounds on a receiver with more than communications grade bandwidth - AM can push upwards of 10 khz - before 1982, it was not uncommon to find stations who ran closer to 15khz though - I've heard test recordings that just sound fantastic.
- Infernal 9y agoOut of curiosity, where does one find test recordings of things like this? And what happened in 1982?
- akira2501 9y agoIn 1982 the FCC allowed stations to apply for C-QUAM [1] operation. Don't let the OP fool you, it uses a nearly identical technique to FM stereo and thus has nearly the same limitations and impact on quality of the station. Or he's thinking about 1989 when the FCC actually limited AM bandwidth to 20kHz (10kHz audio). [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-QUAM https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-QUAM
- fzzzy 9y agohttps://archive.org/details/schweizerairchecks https://archive.org/details/schweizerairchecks