The Radio Fight
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I have heard about that before (the loss of AM radio as the waves interfere with EV's). Nice to have but I am not sure that the carmakers should be forced to install.
I listen to CD music. Most cars do not have CD's anymore. People say that I could stream the music. True I guess, but I still like CD's. LOL.
And I think that most/all radio stations have an internet "signal" so that in the same way a person could stream music, they could "stream" any AM radio station they want.
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I honestly can't remember the last time I switched on AM radio. Probably back when I lived in the UK, but we called it Medium Wave and Long Wave. You had to listen to MW BBC Radio 3 to get the all-day cricket coverage. I doubt that's still the case.
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One of the things I noticed during my cross country trek was how little cellular (meaning internet) coverage in the open spaces of the states. Living in a small country and heavily tech oriented, there is no corner (including lost in the recesses of the Negev ) that is not in cellular range so the idea of needing some sort of am radio for communications is really weird. I don’t ever use a radio in my car. If I need to listen to something live it’s streaming the net. Otherwise in the car it’s either podcasts or some Apple Music playlist.
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It's not about entertainment. It is a safety issue.
When you need it, you need it. And if you need it after it is gone, you have a problem.
There might be some way to replace it, but whatever that might be, I don’t think the replacement exists yet.
There are a couple other critical bits of communication infrastructure that have been diminished or eliminated recently without replacements.
Telephone landlines are almost gone.
LORAN, a land-based radio navigation system replaced by GPS is gone. LORAN was used by airplanes and boats, I used it before GPS.Both of these could be very useful in the event of our satellites being eliminated. I’m pretty sure we expect our satellites to disappear in the event of any significant conflict.
Of course you could say that copper landlines and LORAN just give the Chinese something else to destroy.
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Some of you are missing the point.
In a SHTF emergency they have hardened AM stations that could get messages to the populace.
@jon-nyc said in The Radio Fight:
Some of you are missing the point.
In a SHTF emergency they have hardened AM stations that could get messages to the populace.
I’m pretty sure cricket coverage is more important than that load of bolacks. Missing the point indeed
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There are certain clear channel stations throughout the country that broadcast on the AM band with an allowed 50,000 watts. At night, with a decent radio, I can catch WSM, WGN, WWL, WBAP, and WSB.
That's Nashville, Chicago, New Orleans, Dallas-Fort Worth and Atlanta. Some of these simulcast on shortwave.
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One of the things I noticed during my cross country trek was how little cellular (meaning internet) coverage in the open spaces of the states. Living in a small country and heavily tech oriented, there is no corner (including lost in the recesses of the Negev ) that is not in cellular range so the idea of needing some sort of am radio for communications is really weird. I don’t ever use a radio in my car. If I need to listen to something live it’s streaming the net. Otherwise in the car it’s either podcasts or some Apple Music playlist.
@bachophile said in The Radio Fight:
during my cross country trek was how little cellular (meaning internet) coverage in the open spaces of the states.
Indeed, that's something I became aware of on our Amtrak travels. Eastern Montana, some parts of Mississippi - nothing.
