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Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design Subject: Re: AM radio law opposed by tech and auto industries is close to passing Date: Thu, 2 May 2024 12:34:21 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 37 Message-ID: <v10ps4$1dj7$2@dont-email.me> References: <v0v81o$96oj$1@solani.org> <kdobgkxras.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Thu, 02 May 2024 21:34:30 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="32ca79b2c6fc3740d3a9d2fc2e025353"; logging-data="46695"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/p3f01hJRRSzQjWt7YRJ3s" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:102.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/102.2.2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:UqMveZbo2g7ylmnd08TRglBGKFE= In-Reply-To: <kdobgkxras.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 2763 On 5/1/2024 11:28 PM, Carlos E.R. wrote: > You are talking of the 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. It's not just location. There are lots of ways to deliver a message (announcement) to people wirelessly -- AM, FM, FM-HD, TV, Satellite radio, cell phone, "air raid" sirens, etc. But, you have to think of which they are likely to be able to receive AND which are easiest to "support". You can legislate requirements for broadcasters (as a condition of granting them use of the air waves) mandating they "conduct periodic tests of (an) emergency broadcast capability". But, you are ultimately reliant on them to maintain that capability, despite any pressure on profits, etc. We routinely lose TV reception due to outages on the mountain (where most of the transmitters are located). Imagine the consequences of an earthquake or wildfire in areas where transmitters (or repeaters) are located. Or, hurricane, tornado, flood, etc. Not everyone owns a cell phone -- or keeps it ON for the convenience of CALLERS! The same can be said of all broadcast media (do I have to keep a radio/TV ON 24/7/365 "just in case"? AM radio can be leveraged for wide area coverage without requiring lots of other technology to keep it operational. And, the receivers can run for long periods of time on batteries (that are likely stale) or clock-spring mechanisms (emergency radios).