Radio Waves: Tales Making Waves within the World of Radio
Welcome to the SWLing Put up’s Radio Waves, a set of hyperlinks to fascinating tales making waves on the planet of radio. Get pleasure from!
Many because of SWLing Put up contributors Paul and Dennis Dura for the next ideas:
Time to improve that receiver for those who’re one of many few Swiss that also don’t have one capable of obtain DAB+ alerts
Swiss radio listeners will quickly should toss out their outdated units, because the nation plans to finish analog FM broadcasting on December 31, 2024, in favor of a complete conversion to digital.
The transfer has been a very long time coming in Switzerland, which has largely already transitioned to Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB+, an evolution of normal DAB that was designed to handle early points). Greater than 99 p.c of the nation have entry to a DAB+-compatible receiver and fewer than 10 p.c of radio alerts within the nation nonetheless being broadcasted in analog FM, in response to the Swiss Broadcasting Company. [Continue reading…]
There can be no substantive adjustments to the laws
A invoice within the Home of Representatives that may mandate AM functionality in new automobiles is about to be revised, in response to an individual acquainted with the developments.
New info signifies that one of many authentic co-sponsors of the invoice, Rep. Frank Pallone (D-N.J.), plans to introduce an modification to the invoice (H.R. 8449). Adjustments would solely embody minor technical updates.
The deliberate modification to the AM Radio for Each Car Act comes on the heels of final week’s last-minute cancellation of a deliberate vote by the Home Power and Commerce Committee, which might have superior the laws to the complete Home for a vote. [Continue reading…]
Opponents play up the chance that carmakers must select
If Congress requires AM radio in new vehicles, automobile producers may need to drop security options as a substitute.
That’s the message from opponents of the proposed legislation in Congress. A visitor commentary printed by Automotive Information restates the important thing factors that opponents have been making because the laws was launched; however their blunt emphasis on a attainable tradeoff with essential security options appears notable.
“To accommodate analog AM radio as a main design requirement, sure carmakers might must scrap superior security options, with engineers having to prioritize outdated expertise over present or future security improvements,” they wrote. [Continue reading…]
Do you know that 100 years in the past there have been electromechanical radio transmitters?
Many because of Paul who shared a hyperlink to this Mastodon thread discussing the expertise behind the SAQ/Grimeton broadcast station: https://mastodon.social/@tubetime/110970146022678448
Right here’s is a video (we’ve posted previously) that offers much more element concerning the design and operation:
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