Re: AM & FM to be killed off by 2016
Posted: 07 Sep 2018, 18:40
Problem is DAB in many cases can end up worse than FM, at least you can make out FM under poor signal conditions while DAB gets the digital hiccups! With more stations being crammed onto the multiplexes I know a number of broadcasters have dropped bit rates and in some cases even gone to mono!
As an aside, I was visiting an irish broadcast station in the 80s where they were planning to try AM stereo (using ISB I think) and had brought an AM stereo receiver over from the US. The receiver processing was so good that it even made ordinary AM stations sound FM quality.
As an aside, I was visiting an irish broadcast station in the 80s where they were planning to try AM stereo (using ISB I think) and had brought an AM stereo receiver over from the US. The receiver processing was so good that it even made ordinary AM stations sound FM quality.