In article om,
SFTV_troy wrote:

Telamon wrote:
SFTV_troy wrote:
Earl Kiosterud wrote:

I think the USB to which Tom refers is upper sideband. Converting
AM stations would mean they'd transmit only one set of sidebands,
the upper set, reducing the bandwidth to almost half. More
stations could be licensed in the same band. ...


But still have the same poor AM sound. Digital offers
an upgrade to near-FM quality.

I'll take the AM sound over low bit rate digital anytime.



Uh huh. Take a quick listen to these "low bit rate digital" AAC+
stations. They sound better than the AM Stereo radio in my car.

SKY FM New Age - http://160.79.128.40:7030
SKY- http://www.shoutcast.com/sbin/shoutc...e=filename.pls
Q93 -
http://www.shoutcast.com/sbin/shoutc...e=filename.pls

I have listened. Terrible sound similar to looking at pixilated pictures.

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Telamon
Ventura, California