2 May
2005
2 May
'05
7:17 a.m.
>>>> "Geoffrey" == Geoffrey
Thomas <geoffreythomas at onetel.com> writes:
> No. Narrow IFs and lack of design attention due to
declining
> worthwhile content on AM (plus novelty of FM in the '60s) and
> other factors all conspired to make it sound crappy.
>
Geoffrey> There was a design - in the late 60's?- which used a
Geoffrey> detector which demodulted both upper and lower am sidebands
Geoffrey> and fed the result to separate speakers. Apparently the
Geoffrey> effect during night time fading was exceptional. Anybody
Geoffrey> recall anything about this - Tony ? Sorry if this is ot.
Don't know about back then, but recently (within the past year) there
was an article about a receiver using that approach. It probably was
in the ham radio publication QEX, and I think that it was by Wes
Hayward -- or at least he was connected in some way.
paul