Greetings Ed!

 RW>> Clipped from the ARNewsline (found in the HAM echo);

 RW>> RADIO RULES:  FCC COMMISSIONER PAI WANTS AM REVITALIZATION
 RW>> SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY END OF OCTOBER

 EV> -snip-

 RW>> During his talk, Pai said that time isn't on the side of the
 RW>> grand old AM band, so he wants to  commit to getting the FCC's
 RW>> work done by Haloween.

 RW>> Pai noted that the FCC proposals will not be a panacea for the
 RW>> real problems confronting AM broadcasters, that they will help.
 RW>>  He added that he plans to hold a series of meetings with
 RW>> stakeholders to discuss these proposals.  (B&C)

 EV> Thanks, I read ARN and wondered what the FCC was thinking.

 EV> After reading Your message it made me think about all of the
 EV> Automobile Radios that receive the AM Broadcast Band.

 EV> I put a FM Broadcast Band Convertor in a car back in the early 1970's
 EV> so I could listen to FM Stations as well as AM Stations.

 EV> I can't remember what car I had that first had a Built-In AM/FM Radio
 EV> in it.   Best I can recall is a car I drove in the 1990's.

I bought a 65 Chevy Chevelle and I don't remember it having FM. I traded
that in on a 68 Camaro and it did have FM and I believe that was the first
car I had with an FM radio in it.

 EV> My first car, a 1965 Ford didn't have any Radio in the dashboard.

Lessee, my 56 Chevy has an aftermarket solid state AM/FM Stereo radio in
it that looks like the original on the face of it. It can also play files
from an MP3 player or from any digital input device.

 EV> To me it doesn't sound Wise to make Analog AM Broadcast Stations
 EV> cease operating.

If they were replaced by digital stations, that would mean that millions
of analog radios would be obsolete.

 EV> Is that what the FCC is proposing?

That may be their long range plan, but I don't think it will happen in our
lifetime.


    Have a day!

         R\%/itt - K5RXT

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