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From: Jeroen Belleman <jeroen@nospam.please>
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Subject: Re: AM radio law opposed by tech and auto industries is close to
 passing
Date: Sat, 4 May 2024 13:43:09 +0200
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On 5/4/24 12:29, Carlos E.R. wrote:
> On 2024-05-03 17:43, John Larkin wrote:
>> On Thu, 02 May 2024 05:24:08 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
>> 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 ;-) ?
>>
>> AM radio is a century-old technology. It makes more sense to push
>> microwatts of light over a fiber, or a few watts from a gen6 cell
>> node, than to spray tens or hundreds of kilowatts of RF out into the
>> universe.
> 
> Heh. The power needed is not that related to being old technology, but 
> to the frequency used. The lower the frequency, the more power is needed.
> 
[...]

I'm pretty sure that the power consumed by modern telecoms
infrastructure exceeds that of broadcast radio manyfold.

Jeroen Belleman