Re: AM radio law opposed by tech and auto industries is close to passing

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:
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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.
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Strange. most is FM these days, or digital?
Something to do with Soros buying radio stations ;-) ?

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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.
 

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