maximumradio AM Stereo Mon Jul 30 07:29:12 2001 AM stereo is still alive. It was a case of letting the market make the decision for a "standard" rather than having a mandated system.Although the Motorola C-QUAM system appeared to be the winner there was so much in-fighting among the three system proponents(C-QUAM, Kahn, and Harris)that the receiver manufactures never fully got on board and the seeming disorganization allowed for the receiver manufacturers to wiggle out of organized production. In the meanwhile although some stations started using stereo transmission only a small percentage of receivers,mostly automotive,were capable of receiving the stereo signal. The rest of the world uses the Motorola C-QUAM system. Funny to say that even in Cuba there are a number of AM stereo stations while here in the US the use of AM stereo is manadated for those stations that operate only in the expanded AM 1610-1700 range.If you go to Canada you will find that the majority of AM stations are transmitting in stereo. The only Hawaii AM station I am aware of that had AM stereo transmission equipment was the shortlived KOHO in 1997. The only readily available receiver that I am aware of are those in luxury cars. Chrysler, for example, boasts that their 300M has AM stereo incorporated in the 240 watt sound system. I suspect that in Canada AM stereo receivers may be generally available due to the number of AM stereo broadcasters. I can tell you that the C-QUAM system has tremendous separation L+R and really helped (helps) to make music AM more palatable. mel Stereo Mon Jul 30 07:37:14 2001 KIKI AM 830 used to broadcast in AM stereo back in the 1980s, before it became KHVH. A friend of mine had a 1990 Mitsubishi Eclipse which had a factory installed AM/FM stereo receiver tape deck. The AM was in stereo too. Yes, a Chrysler product.... Long ago Radio Shack used to sell an AM stereo tuner that you could plug into your home stereo system. Anyone remember FRED? It was a device (I have one) that would pick up the stereo signal from cable or over the air TV transmissions for those people who did not have a stereo TV. Was quite popular in the 1980s since most TVs did not have stereo capability. Today, nearly all TVs I know of have stereo capability. maximumradio Re: Stereo Mon Jul 30 07:55:47 2001 Chrysler was the leader in AM stereo receivers. Between 1986 and 1990 they had AM stereo available in the entire product line from the basic AM/FM no cassette to the Infinity sound system. As of 1991 they joined Ford and GM(Delco) in only offering AM stereo in their hi-end systems. Speaking of converters we have set top converters to look forward to so as to be able use our analogue televisions after the change to DTV. How many of you are aware that in television the actual channel number will change? The TV stations are all receiving new channel assignments. I'm still not certain how that will effect cable systems in terms of feeding digital signals to the wall or converting them for non digital viewers. The bottom line is that you better get your checkbook out or you may be watching nothing. The bottom line for the TV broadcaster is a trip to the bank or establishing a good relationship with a leasing company. Those of us in radio are having problems with the conception of IBOC as broadcasters and still can't imagine how the listeners will deal with it (speaking of high end automotive systems). .