Path: ...!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E.R." Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design Subject: Re: AM radio law opposed by tech and auto industries is close to passing Date: Thu, 2 May 2024 10:22:25 +0200 Lines: 46 Message-ID: <13vbgkxlad.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net LdS1NAXxb5jjwtV7fHoiTQK46/KviLJJ2Hh/EoejHy9IoC0bc2 X-Orig-Path: Telcontar.valinor!not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:a4KO6/+B/OTwrP4cjdKcLENf4Xo= sha256:paclHU3Y2apTvfHNWVhK6N71d32Z9bLXihg26haZkbg= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: es-ES, en-CA In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2755 On 2024-05-02 10:02, Jan Panteltje wrote: > On a sunny day (Thu, 2 May 2024 08:28:35 +0200) it happened "Carlos E.R." > wrote in : > >> On 2024-05-02 07:24, Jan Panteltje wrote: >>> AM radio law opposed by tech and auto industries is close to passing >>> https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/05/am-radio-is-a-lifeline-lawmakers-say-tech-and-auto-industries-disagree/ >>> A recent test of the emergency alert system found only 1 percent got it via AM. >>> >>> Strange. most is FM these days, or digital? >>> Something to do with Soros buying radio stations ;-) ? >>> >> >> You are talking of the USA? > > Yes USA > > >> I would think that there are areas over there where FM in cars does not >> work, and people have to use AM. >> >> It happens in Spain, which is far smaller, so surely it happens in the USA. > > I think most if not all high power AM medium wave stations are gone now here in the Netherlands. > Lots of FM stations though. > > All I hear at home on the AM medium wave band is interference from wallwarts > and maybe solar panels, what not.. > Electric cars would create more interference... The other day I had to tune the station I was listening to in AM instead of FM, because the car would not find the local station or it did not exist. And the area is very populated (south-east of Spain). Not the first time. Yes, I might tune it on internet instead, but it is a pain. Stations want you to use their own app instead of a generic one, and the generic often fails (probably because they change the url). I refuse to use the specific app that requires us to login, so the station can track its listeners by name. -- Cheers, Carlos.