Saving The Band
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From the article: "The importance of AM radio during large-scale emergencies cannot be underestimated, ..."
That makes sense.
With the same rationale, they could have also insisted that all mobile phones include support for AM radio reception.
@Axtremus said in Saving The Band:
From the article: "The importance of AM radio during large-scale emergencies cannot be underestimated, ..."
That makes sense.
With the same rationale, they could have also insisted that all mobile phones include support for AM radio reception.
Possibly, but cellphones usually need an antenna of some kind to pick up radio, and...In the case of emergency, many cellphone towers are dead.
There is a reason that the 50,000 watt, clear channel radio stations exist, and that's for a national emergency. After dark, it's no problem for me to pick up WWL out of New Orleans, KMOX in St. Louis, WSM in Nashville or even WGN in Chicago.
Imagine how big the footprints would be without any clutter in the bandwidth.
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@Axtremus said in Saving The Band:
From the article: "The importance of AM radio during large-scale emergencies cannot be underestimated, ..."
That makes sense.
With the same rationale, they could have also insisted that all mobile phones include support for AM radio reception.
Possibly, but cellphones usually need an antenna of some kind to pick up radio, and...In the case of emergency, many cellphone towers are dead.
There is a reason that the 50,000 watt, clear channel radio stations exist, and that's for a national emergency. After dark, it's no problem for me to pick up WWL out of New Orleans, KMOX in St. Louis, WSM in Nashville or even WGN in Chicago.
Imagine how big the footprints would be without any clutter in the bandwidth.
@Jolly Yeah, I was thinking requiring cellphones to also have antenna and radio to receive AM radio, without relying on cellular reception.
If AM is really so important for emergency, the same rationale to require its support would apply to cell phones too.
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AM is already completely dead over here. But I also think it would be good to have it as backup for emergencies.
In general, a lot more thought and money should be provided for "when the shit hits the fan" scenarios. How long would it take until people starve if the internet would break down?
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AM is already completely dead over here. But I also think it would be good to have it as backup for emergencies.
In general, a lot more thought and money should be provided for "when the shit hits the fan" scenarios. How long would it take until people starve if the internet would break down?
@Klaus said in Saving The Band:
AM is already completely dead over here. But I also think it would be good to have it as backup for emergencies.
In general, a lot more thought and money should be provided for "when the shit hits the fan" scenarios. How long would it take until people starve if the internet would break down?
Me?
I'd be more worried about medicine than food.
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And don't forget government funded NPR has to get the anti-Trump message out.
