Re: stereo and mono signals

[Cooper Fox <fox893@yahoo.com>]

Not sure if you can pick up a stereo station in mono
only near the fringe of their broadcast area.  But, I
do know that you can usually pick up a station at a
greater range if you set your radio to the mono
position.



--- Bob Nelson <bobonradio@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I've mentioned how I've been able to pick up WNEF
> (91.7 Newburyport, // WUMB 91.9) in Beverly when
> WMWM (also 91.7) is off. When 'NEF first signed on,
> I'd pick them up (again, when WMWM was off) in
> stereo.
> Now their signal in Beverly seems to be in mono (on
> my car stereo).
> 
> Now, I don't know if they're suddenly just
> broadcasting in mono or whether stereo signals can
> only be picked up in mono after a certain point--
> which leads me to ask this question:
> 
> Can stations which normally broadcast in stereo be
> picked up in "mono" in their fringe area? In other
> words, if you were in your car and at home, you'd
> pick them up but even though you have the receiver
> set to "stereo", it defaults to "mono"... You still
> pick up the signal, but in mono, not stereo.
> 
> By the way:
> -- some FM stations prefer to be in mono-- I think
> WBUR is usually, if not always, sending its signal
> in mono due to its many talk and news shows.
> 
> --my own station, WMWM, once broadcast in mono for
> awhile; there were three phone lines leading to
> our transmitter on top of Meier Hall at Salem
> State--
> one for each stereo speaker and one as a "remote
> control" to turn the station on and off. One such
> line was having problems, so we went upstairs and
> switched the transmitter to mono so we'd at least
> be on "both speakers". Not stereo quality, but at
> least "coming out of both speakers".
> 
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Cooper Fox
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