Product Evaluations
To Inspect Your Tower, Why Not “Go Steady”?
While not cheap, these Canon binoculars deliver amazing results
The author is owner and chief engineer of WGTO(AM)/W246DV(FX) in Cassopolis, Mich.
Guest Commentaries
It’s Not Enough to “Save” AM, Ford Should Fix It
"Make your AM section the best in the business and show the others how...
Tech Tips
A Costly Lesson in Translator Antenna Selection
Inexpensive antennas have their role, but when they fail it can cost you
Tech Tips
Try This With Your AM Processing
Lower the mod peaks and increase clipping slightly to find a sweet spot
Guest Commentaries
Time to Come Clean on AM Quality
Someone explain to me why radio manufacturers still have not accommodated the NRSC standard
Tech Tips
Distortion Detective: The Case of the Irritating Audio
Both the AM and its FM translator were exhibiting this annoying problem
Guest Commentaries
Sweeten the Pot to Entice AM Digital
AM station owner Larry Langford says it’s time for digital but we need a...
Columns and Views
Standardize Flea Power to Support AM Stations
A simple change could make it practical, uniform and legal
Columns and Views
A Problem With FX Pretzel Patterns
The FCC should tighten up regulations on exotic directional translator patterns
Guest Commentaries
Is the FCC Dropping the Ball on Directional Translators?
Crazy patterns are approved but never built, why?
Guest Commentaries
Chicago Translator Concerns
Will the Windy City’s million dollar translator twins be a victim of new interference...
Columns and Views
AM Preemphasis — Time for a New Curve?
Larry Langford insists that AM can sound better and without additional regulations or specifications
Columns and Views
Time for Translator Rules Overhaul?
Translators have been a success. Can more be done with them?
Columns and Views
Let’s Toss Another Expensive and Useless Rule!
The seemingly obsolete NRSC mask measurement for AMs is a waste of time and...
Columns and Views
AM: Some Engineers Just Don’t Know How to Do It
I would rather lose a bit on the fringe than lose everyone in the...
Columns and Views
Subaru Makes a Positive Move on AM
Could it be that car radio makers are starting to take a second look...
Columns and Views
Hasta La Vista, Main Studio Rule
How can you miss something that was never really there?
Columns and Views
AM Revitalization, Still Not Getting the Main Idea
Ultimately, the AM receiver is going to have to be required to improve
Columns and Views
New Translator? Listen and Then Look!
Take it upon yourself to make sure what you thought was clear is in...
Columns and Views
Opinion on AM Revitalization: From Hard Facts to Whimsical Fantasy
The latest comments filed on 13-249, the FCC’s AM revitalization proceeding, make for some...
News and Business
AM Revitalization Needs Receiver Standards
Station owner and RW contributor Larry Langford shares his filed comments. He writes that...
Columns and Views
The Free Ride Should Be Over for Dual Expanded-Band AMs
Larry Langford says those licensees knew what they were getting into
Columns and Views
The Dreaded ‘Dismissed’ Letter From the FCC
The last thing an AM station owner wants to see right now is a...
News and Business
A Game of “Chicken” in the Translator Market?
Larry Langford speculates on how the next six months might play out
Columns and Views
Translators for AM: Owners, Don’t Get Your Hopes Too High
Are you doing the translator scramble?
Columns and Views
This AM Owner Gives the FCC’s New AM Order a C+
FCC AM revitalization? Better for owners, but not so much for the AM itself
Columns and Views
Commentary: We Need Better Revitalization Than This
The idea of making a 250-mile move area would do little more than cause...
Columns and Views
Improving AM: Some Tough Decisions Ahead
Receiver issue may stop revitalization in its tracks