am stereo was never a waste, the problem is deregulation of radio and the fact that the ccc screwed us in this country. am stereo is successful in other countries like japan, and a good music station in am stereo which I have heard back in the day sounds excellent, almost as good as fm if they use the kahn hazel tine system, which was rare. i had a stereo am walkman back in the day and listened to stations like ksl in salt lake when they plays music and they sounded awesome. I was over 320 miles away in the mountains with just the walkman in the window, plugged into a stereo and enjoy music in the nighttime that was wonderful when fm stations were unlistenable due to horrendous multi path distortion even with a tv antenna.
On Jul 14, 2013, at 2:30 AM, Jim Gammon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I have had a Sony HD Am Fm radio for some time now, and agree
> with what Mike and all have said here. I have no experience with
> the newer HD models. When I first got my HD radio, I tried to
> pick up KNX, 1070 in LA from the San Francisco area where I live.
> Although I can and could hear it fine, it never would go to HD
> mode because the signal just wasn't strong enough no matter what
> kind of antenna I used. The strongest HD Am station I can get
> where I live is KCBS. After a couple seconds, the high
> frequencies improve and the audio just sounds more like Fm. My
> other experience with Am was when we had a car with an Am stereo
> radio in it. In that case, You could get stereo on weak stations
> when the signals were strong, but when they faded down, the
> station would become mono again. In my opinion, the separation
> was never that good on Am stereo. I was really surprised when I
> heard our local baseball team, the Oakland A's in stereo on Am.
> The only thing that you really could get was the crowd noise in
> stereo, but it was cool. Other than that, I think Am stereo is a
> waste and I apologize for diverting this off topic to even more
> off topic. Jim WA6EKS.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Tom Behler <[log in to unmask]
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date sent: Sat, 13 Jul 2013 20:49:11 -0400
> Subject: Re: Off Topic: HD Radio In New Vehicle
>
> Steve:
>
> Thanks much for the clarifications.
>
> The radio has the usual tuning knob, so it will be easy for me to
> experiment
> with when we get into an HD radio area again.
>
> And, I never even thought to try it on A M.
>
> I guess I've always been turned off to digital A M radio because
> of the
> limits it puts on A M D X ing at night, but I suppose the cleaner
> audio
> could be easier on the ears.
>
> Anyway, I appreciate your and everyone's help with this, and will
> let you
> know what I find in my future explorations. Of course, I can't
> do it hear
> in my town, so things may have to be delayed a bit.
>
> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]
> To: <[log in to unmask]
> Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2013 8:14 PM
> Subject: Re: Off Topic: HD Radio In New Vehicle
>
>
> Tom,
>
> Tune to the main frequency of the station you have in mind.
> After a few
> seconds, the radio will acquire the HD signal if there is one.
> Your XYL
> will be able to tell by the display, but you may hear a subtle
> change in
> the
> audio (usually a slight stutter) as the HD locks on. If you're
> doing this
> on AM, the audio will become a lot sharper and clearer (unless
> there's
> static or noise, in which case you won't be able to acquire the
> HD).
> Getting back to FM, since that's the only place where you'll
> find stations
> with more than one HD subprogram, once the HD has been acquired,
> press the
> Up button (or tune clockwise one click if the radio has a tuning
> knob) to
> get to the HD2 subchannel, and continue the process to get to
> subsequent
> channels. In most cases, HD2 is the limit, but you may find an
> occasional
> station with HD3. If you go past the maximum number of
> channels, you'll
> hear the familiar white noise that happens between stations.
>
> Steve
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]
> To: <[log in to unmask]
> Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2013 19:03
> Subject: Off Topic: HD Radio In New Vehicle
>
>
> Hi, all.
>
> Well, the xyl and I regularly lease our vehicles, and today we
> picked up
> our
> newest one.
>
> I was interested to learn that the radio in the vehicle has HD
> radio.
>
> This is not helpful in the semi-rural part of Michigan where we
> live, but
> could be interesting to experiment with when we are traveling to
> larger
> metropolitan areas.
>
> But, my question is this:
>
> How do you access the given HD radio stations?
>
> I know that many stations have their main frequency (say 99.5
> FM), but
> how
> do you access their HD sub-channels for other program
> selections?
>
> Do you start on the main frequency for the given station, and
> then go
> from
> there? Or, does it depend on how the given radio is set up?
>
> I know this is off topic, so please respond off list to:
>
> [log in to unmask] if you have some suggestions.
>
> Of course, the radio in the new vehicle also has XM/Serious
> satellite,
> which
> I'm really going to have to be careful not to get addicted to,
> since we
> only
> have a four-month trial subscription. Sure is tempting, though,
> due to
> the
> terrific program variety selection, and no commercials!!
> (smile)
>
> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ, Big Rapids, MI
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