AM stations can still clean up with Kahn: although commission has picked Motorola AM stereo system, stations will be allowed to use Kahn technology to reduce interference. (Kahn Communications Inc., Federal Communications Commission) (Brief Article)

Broadcasting & Cable, November, 1993 by Scully, Sean

Although commission has picked Motorola AM stereo system, stations will be allowed to use Kahn technology to reduce interference Even though the FCC says stations have to drop the Kahn AM stereo system in favor of the Motorola standard, they can keep using the Kahn equipment to boost their signals.

"That's good news," says John Dehnel, chief engineer of KSL(AM) Salt Lake City, one of 40 U.S. stations using the Kahn "Powerside" system. Powerside uses the Kahn stereo exciter to push the signal into one of the two sidebands, either slightly above or slightly below the exact frequency of the station. That increases the strength of the signal in formerly weak areas and decreases interference from adjacent stations, or from distant stations using the...

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