This station really sounds near FM quality and in stereo. I wish my Radiosophy HD-100 had AM stereo. Add a equalizer to this and it sounds almost like a 128 kbps mp3. I cannot wait to try this with my surround sound receiver later on.
@bearboydave Yes ditto to that. They even said at the time in 1990 that Japan was not happy with the performance or some such nonsense...well over 20 years later it is still going strong !
I think at least 2CA in Oz is still in am stereo on 1053
Holy cow, this is one of my transpacific AM DX loggings! I heard this in Washington state on the Pacific coast about 4,500 miles from the transmitter site but not in stereo though because of the rough conditions. It was just as loud as the other stations I have heard too, so much for AM stereo making stations sound softer and reducing the coverage.
@bratina501 During the War, KOMA out of Oklahoma City could routinely be heard in Viet Nam. The alleged lesser coverage of CQUAM AM Stereo is mostly a myth based on the fact a left or right only signal cannot amplitude modulate the carrier to 100%. As for the "softer" sound, that was mostly likely caused by AM Stereo stations using less compression. That wasn't required by CQUAM, but why if you're broadcasting in AM Stereo wouldn't you also want high fidelity as well?
Here in the U.K. you can't receive AM for love nor money, if you do find a station it's in fantastic mono with extremely poor audio quality! This is representative of a good FM station to me. :)
It could be. I recall at the time, there were two FTP servers with pretty expansive collections of AM Stereo recordings on them. Both are now long gone.
@BadEditPro This is AM STEREO at it's very best just like the wideband stations in Australia. Really glad AM STEREO is alive and well in Japan, many AM'ers use cquam still apparently
Better than mine!
wakkoswish123 3 months ago
I can hear a little bit of hiss, but not bad!
andycflbulb 7 months ago
When was this recorded? It sounds fantastic.
apickah 8 months ago
awesome stalker song :) love AM stereo
osamadied 8 months ago
Well-done!
Neptuneman07 1 year ago
I'll bet that AM Stereo is alive and well in the Land of the Rising Sun!
pookerville 1 year ago 3
This station really sounds near FM quality and in stereo. I wish my Radiosophy HD-100 had AM stereo. Add a equalizer to this and it sounds almost like a 128 kbps mp3. I cannot wait to try this with my surround sound receiver later on.
gccengineering1996 1 year ago
NO, I won't download the song, CorpTube!
wakaratwakawaka 1 year ago
Why the UK never went with AM stereo is beyond me. This is as good as 128kb DAB apart from the atmospheric interference - what lovely processing.
bearboydave 2 years ago 8
@bearboydave I'm with you there. France Bleu in Paris is still going strong on 864khz in AM STEREO btw although narrow nanmd quality
digitalmediafan 1 year ago
@bearboydave Yes ditto to that. They even said at the time in 1990 that Japan was not happy with the performance or some such nonsense...well over 20 years later it is still going strong !
I think at least 2CA in Oz is still in am stereo on 1053
digitalmediafan 8 months ago
Holy cow, this is one of my transpacific AM DX loggings! I heard this in Washington state on the Pacific coast about 4,500 miles from the transmitter site but not in stereo though because of the rough conditions. It was just as loud as the other stations I have heard too, so much for AM stereo making stations sound softer and reducing the coverage.
bratina501 2 years ago
@bratina501 During the War, KOMA out of Oklahoma City could routinely be heard in Viet Nam. The alleged lesser coverage of CQUAM AM Stereo is mostly a myth based on the fact a left or right only signal cannot amplitude modulate the carrier to 100%. As for the "softer" sound, that was mostly likely caused by AM Stereo stations using less compression. That wasn't required by CQUAM, but why if you're broadcasting in AM Stereo wouldn't you also want high fidelity as well?
MichaelJGrant 1 year ago
Here in the U.K. you can't receive AM for love nor money, if you do find a station it's in fantastic mono with extremely poor audio quality! This is representative of a good FM station to me. :)
AnalogueJosh 2 years ago 2
How are you picking it up? Must be a long way.
SlimeTron5000 2 years ago 2
This was received by an AM Stereo fan in Japan, not by me. He posted this as an MP3 file to a now-defunct FTP server.
vwestlife 2 years ago
Would that server be by any chance amstereo audio-stream net? I've got 2 KFI recordings from that site.
SpiderBraids 2 years ago
It could be. I recall at the time, there were two FTP servers with pretty expansive collections of AM Stereo recordings on them. Both are now long gone.
vwestlife 2 years ago
@vwestlife One does still exist but on a new server now, I need to find the url but it is there, I logged in myself a few weeks back
digitalmediafan 1 year ago
Now, that's nice! :) JC
BadEditPro 2 years ago 3
@BadEditPro This is AM STEREO at it's very best just like the wideband stations in Australia. Really glad AM STEREO is alive and well in Japan, many AM'ers use cquam still apparently
digitalmediafan 1 year ago