From: mo01@posteo.de   
      
   Am 18.05.2023 schrieb "Bill Horne" :   
      
   > On Thu, May 18, 2023 at 12:48:36PM +0000, danny burstein wrote:   
   > > Background: Electric cars, thanks to their motors   
   > > and circuitry, cause lots of radio frequency interference.   
   > >   
   > > If done cheaply, this badly crashes any attempt to   
   > > listen to an AM radio.  Hence many car manufacturers   
   > > are choosing the skinflint option of simply not including   
   > > AM radios in their vehicles.   
   >   
   > As should be their right. AM radios in motor vehicles have always been   
   > subject to interference from a variety of sources, including spark   
   > plugs in converntional engines, electric windshield motors, and the   
   > display panels used to replace old-fashioned speedometers, and oil   
   > pressure and temperature gauges.   
      
   There is just one problem: Most modern cars don't have a possibility to   
   exchange the radio.   
      
   > It's not the fault of AM radios: AM was simply the first method which   
   > was discovred for sending voices and music over the airwaves, and for   
   > that reason, it became the de facto standard for broadcasting - and   
   > the source of the immense fortunes gathered by manufacturers such as   
   > RCA, plus the immense power which broadcasters accumulated by   
   > portraying their friends in a good light and their enemies in a bad   
   > one.   
      
   AM modulation is easy and the band and receivers are there. It would be   
   possible to use FM modulation on mediumwave and shortwave, but new   
   transmitters and receivers are needed. So it stays with AM.   
      
   > The point is that those whom profit from existing methods of   
   > distributing a nation's propaganda always fight tooth and nail to hang   
   > on to their privileged positions and profit model when new   
   > technologies such as FM threaten them, and our leaders have always let   
   > them get away with it. Elected officials at all levels of government   
   > had learned hard lessons from the early days of radio broadcasting:   
   > how racists like "Father Coughlin" could draw audiences numbered in   
   > the millions, and how Franklin Roosevelt was able to use "Fireside   
   > Chats" to help restore public confidence in the banking system and   
   > advance a liberal agenda during the Great Depression. Never mind the   
   > messages they sent out: what politicians count is votes, and the   
   > broadcasters have never allowed them to forget it. That's one of the   
   > reasons why Geostationary satellites(1), first proposed in 1929,   
   > weren't available to carry TV reports until well into the 1970's.   
      
   America has freedom of speech. I prefer this solution instead of   
   government-controlled speech like in Germany where only some bad words   
   (calling somebody stupid) about a person might result in a fine.   
      
   I know that there are people like Hal Turner who have far right and   
   extremist opinions, but I don't feel disturbed by them. Such stations   
   can be heard on the shortwave station WBCQ.   
      
   I like medium and short wave because they offer the possibility to   
   listen to transmissions from other countries - without censorship or   
   spying. I think we should keep them instead of switching all remaining   
   transmitters off and relying on FM VHF and DAB(+), which offers only   
   local stations.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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