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From: dente@s2.uucp (Colin Dente)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Stereo vs. Mono: Q about AM Stereo
Keywords: AM,radio,stereo,mono,FCC
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Date: 24 Apr 89 13:26:20 GMT
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In article <4046@bgsuvax.UUCP> klopfens@bgsuvax.UUCP (Bruce Klopfenstein) writes:
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>I am revising an article about how the FCC misregulated AM stereo by *not*
>selecting a standard system.  There are 3 reviewers to my article, and one
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>I need help explaining why AM stereo is superior to AM mono (yes, I know AM
>stereo limits the distant AM signal, but my argument is that AM stereo at the
>very least couldn't hurt AM efforts to win back some audience).
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This might be a dumb question, but why should we want AM to win back some 
audience? - I was (and please correct me if I'm wrong) under the impression
that FM gave much better sound quality, or is it just that there's more
bandwidth availiable up in the MHz regions that FM usually gets broadcast at?

>The other question is, do you think the FCC should leave it to the market-
>place to determine technical standards?  (Sony and Philips managed to
>work together on a standard CD format; can you imagine how much less
>succssful CDs would be if there were 2 or more competing standards?)
>What would happen if the FCC let the marketplace select an HDTV standard?
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Personally, I think that there really should be some sort of international
legislation on things like this (just *how* irritated do Beta video owners
get when they read 'VHS only' in ads for films?).  The only problem is - 
How the hell do we get it done - with half a dozen companies & governments
saying 'ours is best' what chance is there of ever finding a single solution?

Perhaps it's a fundamental part of human nature, or just God's way of saying
BOOGA BOOGA!! - as the saying goes...


Colin
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