I've found some information over the years for AM stereo, a format I though would take over the world in the 80's. The only exposure I had to it was my buddies Pontiac Fiero had a cassette deck with AM Stereo and we had two or three stations broadcasting it at the time. I was hoping to find a Sony Reciever at some point over the last few years but I still haven't found one to try out the once promising format. Here's some articles, information and photos, feel free to add anything. I put the thread here because it looked like Sony was partnering with broadcasters to get out portable models to expand the listening base. Here's a great article on AM Stereo with equipment from Electronics Australia 1985
WDGY 92.1 FM/740 Am is a small rock and roll radio station just down the road from me, here's some posted airchecks in FM stereo and the little units they used. Most of this was done last year! I don't see it listed on Wikipedia's list of stations. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AM_stereo_radio_stations https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator:"WDGY"
Posted by Gregorybotha on the old forum, way back in 2010, the Sony SRF-A1, check out the cool stand, I wonder if it came with the radio.
From Popular Communications 1998, Radio Shack is carrying the SRF-42 in their catalog but you have to give the salespeople the part number since they don't know what AM stereo is.
Youtuber VWestlife runs this site with lots of information http://www.amstereo.org/ AM Stereo is to Europeans what DAB is to Americans i.e something that only happens on the other side of "the pond". AM Mono was difficult enough to receive despite (or maybe because of) popular stations like Radio Luxembourg blasting out 1200KW.
I listen to AM radio a lot, I've always been facinated by it and it's potential, I still think, even with the internet that there's a market for it. It looks like that website went live in 2013, I would have thought earlier since it looks like he used an early version of Microsoft Publisher to put it together. I wonder if Sony is still putting out AM stereo radios?
Yes, and that's what makes this fascinating, they still broadcast in AM stereo in the USA but who has the recieving equipment? Are any of the sporting events broadcast in AM stereo and does it add a "realistic ambiance?"
I've got a maxed out old ThinkPad as well, it has every port but I mainly use it for INPA Software to connect to vintage BMW Computers, it's beautiful when it's working and has helped with some big issues.
Found this on archive.org, my own local AM Stereo Station and the Walkman WM-F16 they listen to it on. You can listen to the sweet sounds I listen to alot! https://archive.org/details/wdgy_cquam_stereo_sony_wm-f16
I still have my SRF-A10. Purchased it in the mid-eighties, when all the AM Stereo hype was around. I think I listened to about 3 hours in total of AM Stereo, and then went back to FM. The AM stereo had a lot of phase issues between channels, which was very apparent in headphones, and was not comfortable to listen too at all. Here are some pictures I just took of it:
I think my local station is still broadcasting in AM stereo but I'm not sure, I still haven't picked up a radio yet to confirm. That's interesting the phasing was off, you'd think the engineers would be all over that but it might be mostly a skeleton crew.
Beautiful. And Rare.....This is the Australian version, as the one released in the US/Canada was the (much more common) A1, with a different color scheme. I've been 'on the hunt' for this particular radio's cousin--the one with speakers--SRF-A200....For over a year--and nothing shows up on eBay... Again, Australian only release, but related to the US/Canada SRF-A100----with a different color scheme.
Me neither, how do you tune it in with regular equipment? Are these little players the only way? I should go down to the station and pick their brains...
