Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site alice.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!security!genrad!grkermit!masscomp!clyde!floyd!whuxle!pyuxll!abnjh!u1100a!pyuxn!pyuxww!mhuxm!mhuxl!ulysses!gamma!exodus!mhtsa!mh3bs!eagle!allegra!alice!danny From: danny@alice.UUCP Newsgroups: net.audio Subject: Re: digital FM tuning Message-ID: <2546@alice.UUCP> Date: Fri, 27-Jan-84 19:08:14 EST Article-I.D.: alice.2546 Posted: Fri Jan 27 19:08:14 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 31-Jan-84 02:35:14 EST References: <904@uw-june>, <1169@cincy.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill Lines: 14 The amount of frequency drift in the carrier freq of a commercial FM station is negligible; ditto for a well-designed digital FM tuner. The main reason for .05 MHz steps in some tuners is that the European band plan allows for stations at .05 Mhz increments (93.05, for ex., is a possible European FM channel). Some tuners allow you to select either .2 (US) or .05 (Euro) increments. Under some circumstances where the desired station is being interfered with, some people perceive less distortion when slightly mis-tuned (96.35 for 96.3, for ex.); this might be a legitimate (tho not very strong) argument in favor of a non-digital tuner or a digital tuner with Euro-increment capability. Don't believe everything (anything?) the salesperson in the audio store tells you. (Ditto Usenet, judging from some recent contributions.)