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I have a Honda EV. There is no AM radio. The local sales outlet had no clue about AM. They told me that I could get AM on DAB because you can everything on DAB!!!
I called Honda Customer Services. There was no-one there who knew what AM radio was! Previous Message
Quick question, do these new electric cars have any AM radios, if they do, how do they compare with reception to petrol/diesel cars regarding electrical interference? Previous Message
AM now on the brink of being saved by Congress in the United States:
https://www.insideradio.com/free/nab-credits-grassroots-pressure-for-progress-on-am-car-mandate/article_3806e996-e5db-4fbb-98cd-4d8b5928b80d.html Previous Message
I agree Roger - AM should be kept alive, for this & many other reasons. LW Radio 4 could be kept on with a smaller TX not so greedy of power. For one example for the UK.
It seems the Spanish fault, was the sudden loss of a lot of available power from some Solar power, probably from some combining station with a fault.
This caused the rest of the system, to be unable to meet the load, 50hz frequency would have dropped to a lower frequency & other generators would have automatically disconnected as well - along with interconnections to the rest of Europe - thus Spain ended up with virtually no power, apart from standby Generators for Hospitals & UPS systems.
That's as I understand it from the info from Red Electric. Previous Message
Interesting to see that, during yesterday's power cut (where did 'outage'come from - Oh yes, the US!) a Spanish Government spokesman suggested that people should turn on their AM radios if they had one!
Given the developed world's reliance on a fragile technology, maybe some governments may think again (or maybe not!)
Message Thread Long Live AM - RogerT 29/4/2025, 9:47:11
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