Ah yes, the Radioshack 12-603 super radio clone. I had one myself it along its the successor which was the 12-903 and the Sony SRF-42 are three of the best AM tuners I have ever had. Its a real treat to hear an AM music station with the full 10 KHz band width and I say this from experience as in my area there are a few music stations including a country one which all broadcast wide band AM and one of which used to be stereo using C-QUAM of course as well.
I gotta get my 555 timer longwave transmitter working and try to transmit a few feet to a nearby wire hooked to my bt878 tuner ADC and see if I can get sound anywhere near this good. This video sounds quite clear. Too bad they didn't broadcast C-QUAM stereo.
I grew up listening to WKMB and it was one of the stations that inspired me to pursue a career in radio. Nice to hear that 'KMB sounder again! Thanks for this post.
Ahh that's good ol Bob Hunt, the morning jock at KMB... do you have any airchecks of Brian Zimmerman who was KMB's afternoon host?
77slipkid 6 months ago
While it definably does not sound FM, it almost sounds too good to be AM! Amazing!!
IT would be cool to see that home built processor.
weasel2htm 1 year ago
Ah yes, the Radioshack 12-603 super radio clone. I had one myself it along its the successor which was the 12-903 and the Sony SRF-42 are three of the best AM tuners I have ever had. Its a real treat to hear an AM music station with the full 10 KHz band width and I say this from experience as in my area there are a few music stations including a country one which all broadcast wide band AM and one of which used to be stereo using C-QUAM of course as well.
bratina501 2 years ago
I gotta get my 555 timer longwave transmitter working and try to transmit a few feet to a nearby wire hooked to my bt878 tuner ADC and see if I can get sound anywhere near this good. This video sounds quite clear. Too bad they didn't broadcast C-QUAM stereo.
Amishman35 3 years ago
I grew up listening to WKMB and it was one of the stations that inspired me to pursue a career in radio. Nice to hear that 'KMB sounder again! Thanks for this post.
moorhead24 3 years ago
Indeed wide band am sound, i love it!
xmare 3 years ago
It sounds especially good considering that I made the original recording onto regular Type I cassette tape with no Dolby NR!
vwestlife 3 years ago
@vwestlife Can you make more recordings of this? i love it.
MrFgcfgcfgc 1 year ago