{"id":29597,"date":"2017-12-11T08:44:52","date_gmt":"2017-12-11T12:44:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=29597"},"modified":"2017-12-11T08:51:48","modified_gmt":"2017-12-11T12:51:48","slug":"how-to-find-north-american-stations-broadcasting-in-c-quam-am-stereo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/how-to-find-north-american-stations-broadcasting-in-c-quam-am-stereo\/","title":{"rendered":"How to find North American stations broadcasting in C-QUAM AM Stereo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/WHKY-AM-Radio-Tower.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17286\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/WHKY-AM-Radio-Tower.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/WHKY-AM-Radio-Tower.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/WHKY-AM-Radio-Tower-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/WHKY-AM-Radio-Tower-768x426.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/WHKY-AM-Radio-Tower-500x278.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Dave Zantow (N9EWO), who writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Just how many MW stations in North America are broadcasting in \u201cC-QUAM AM Stereo\u201d these days?? I found this reference which appears to be the most accurate list around the internet.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.meduci.com\/stations.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.meduci.com\/stations.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I have taken this list and have edited it and converted to a PDF file [<a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/AM-Stereo_Dec2017.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here to download]<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Best way to catch a AM Stereo signal these days is with a SDR device. We have been using Bernd Reiser\u2019s \u201cSoDiRa\u201d program (version 0.100 Preview 24) with a SDRPlay RSP1 and does an excellent job with C-QUAM AM Stereo decoding.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dsp4swls.de\/sodira\/sodiraeng.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.dsp4swls.de\/sodira\/sodiraeng.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>During sky wave nighttime conditions we received CFCO in Chatham Ontario well of late on 630 kHz in AM STEREO (country music format). Program also appears to have built in DRM and DRM+ decoding (we have not tested this part of the program). IMPORTANT NOTE : We found we needed to use the older EXTIO version 3.7 otherwise we encountered errors with OUR connected Windows 7 PC&#8217;s (your situation may vary).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_26923\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/JRC-NRD-545.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26923\" class=\"size-large wp-image-26923\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/JRC-NRD-545-1024x678.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/JRC-NRD-545-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/JRC-NRD-545-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/JRC-NRD-545-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/JRC-NRD-545-624x413.jpg 624w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/JRC-NRD-545.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-26923\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dan Robinson&#8217;s JRC NRD-545<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Not to forget that the JRC NRD-545 receiver has \u201cbuilt in\u201d AM Stereo decoding (AMS mode). One MUST use the phono jack \u201cline outputs\u201d on the rear panel connected to an external amplifier etc. It does NOT output via it\u2019s headphone connector. Speaking of the JRC NRD-545, please see my web page for late important service information on my \u201cRadio News\u201d webpage.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/webpages.charter.net\/n9ewo2\/news.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/webpages.charter.net\/n9ewo2\/news.html<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Thanks for the tip, Dave!<\/p>\n<p>The last time I listened to a C-QUAM AM stereo station it was with <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/WNNC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WNNC<\/a> station owner\/manager, Dave Lingafelt. We sat in his beautiful red <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buick_Reatta\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Buick Reatta<\/a>, parked at the station and transmitter site and listened to 1970s rock on 1230 kHz.\u00a0 Needless to say, it sounded absolutely <em>amazing<\/em>! Indeed, all of Dave Lingafelt&#8217;s stations (WNNC, WAIZ and WXRC) sound amazing.<\/p>\n<p>To listen to an AM station in stereo is a real treat. Thanks for reminding us, Dave!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dave Zantow (N9EWO), who writes: Just how many MW stations in North America are broadcasting in \u201cC-QUAM AM Stereo\u201d these days?? I found this reference which appears to be the most accurate list around the internet. http:\/\/www.meduci.com\/stations.html I have taken this list and have edited it and converted to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[373,433,3,26],"tags":[2583,2584,6694],"class_list":["post-29597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-am","category-mediumwave","category-news","category-radios","tag-c-quam-am-stereo","tag-dave-zantow-n9ewo","tag-wnnc"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-7Hn","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8789,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/listening-to-shortwave-radio-in-stereo\/","url_meta":{"origin":29597,"position":0},"title":"Listening to shortwave radio, in stereo","author":"Thomas","date":"February 14, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Recently, my buddy Dave Zantow (N9EWO) told me that his Japan Radio Company\u00a0JRC NRD-545 could natively decode\u00a0Motorola C-Quam AM stereo (the \"AMS\" function). \u00a0To be honest, I wasn't aware that AM stereo had ever been an option on a tabletop receiver. 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From his obituary on Legacy.com: David William Zantow, age 66, of Janesville, WI passed away on December 6, 2023 at Select Specialty Hospital, Madison the result\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/JRC-515-BandW-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/JRC-515-BandW-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/JRC-515-BandW-1.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/JRC-515-BandW-1.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/JRC-515-BandW-1.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":14275,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/the-aiwa-fr-c33-amfmwx-portable-radio\/","url_meta":{"origin":29597,"position":2},"title":"The Aiwa FR-C33 AM\\FM\\WX portable radio","author":"Thomas","date":"August 18, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"A few weeks ago, SWLing Post contributor, Ron, sent me an eBay listing for a radio with which I was not familiar: the Aiwa FR-C33. Ron wrote: \"I know you are primarily HF but here is something\u00a0rather special and unique and inexpensive: Aiwa's response to C-Quam in the late 90's\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;AM&quot;","block_context":{"text":"AM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/am\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Aiwa-FR-C33-Front","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Aiwa-FR-C33-Front.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Aiwa-FR-C33-Front.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Aiwa-FR-C33-Front.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":10886,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/dave-reviews-the-tecsun-pl-880-pl660-and-sangean-ats-909x\/","url_meta":{"origin":29597,"position":3},"title":"Dave reviews the Tecsun PL-880, PL660 and Sangean ATS-909X","author":"Thomas","date":"September 24, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Dave Zantow (N9EWO) has posted reviews of the Tecsun PL-660, PL-880 and Sangean ATS-909X on his website. Dave even includes a review of the Radiolabs \"ClearMod\" version of the Sangean ATS-909X. \u00a0Click here to read the reviews (scroll down to view all). Many thanks, Dave; I always value your reviews!","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"ATS-909X","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/ATS-909X.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/ATS-909X.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/ATS-909X.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":10332,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/daves-radio-receiver-page-has-a-new-home\/","url_meta":{"origin":29597,"position":4},"title":"Dave&#8217;s Radio Receiver Page has a new home","author":"Thomas","date":"July 21, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I've just been notified by Dave Zantow (N9EWO) that he has moved his excellent receiver page to a new home on the web. For many years Dave has been using the free web host Anglefire, but a lack of reliability and invasive ads prompted him to move to a new\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Dave was a contributing editor to Passport To World Band Radio--you'll find a number of in-depth shortwave radio reviews on his site.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/DavesRXPage.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/DavesRXPage.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/DavesRXPage.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":53163,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/07\/dave-spots-a-realistic-pro-16-in-wkrp\/","url_meta":{"origin":29597,"position":5},"title":"Dave spots a Realistic PRO-16 in WKRP episode","author":"Thomas","date":"July 1, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dave (N9EWO), who shares the following: \"WKRP In Cincinnati\" - \"Tornado\" S01 E12 (February 1979) \"The station staff finds themselves in danger when Herb unplugs a teleprinter just as it is receiving a local tornado warning.\" Look for the Radio Shack Realistic PRO-16 (cat\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/WKRP-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/WKRP-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/WKRP-1.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/WKRP-1.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/WKRP-1.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/WKRP-1.jpeg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29597\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}