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AM radio is a terrible transmission format in many ways but it's good because as you note it's extremely easy to decode into sound!
by guyzero 3y ago
AM radio is a terrible transmission format in many ways but it's good because as you note it's extremely easy to decode into sound!
- margalabargala 3y agoAM radio receivers are so easy to make that they scare people who make them accidentally! A pair of old not-plugged-in computer speakers can also be an AM radio receiver.
- VectorMath 3y agoOne night, after a particularly bad thunderstorm, our phone lines started picking up an AM radio station before you placed a call. My parents swore up and down somebody had left a phone out of the receiver and after unplugging every station in the house, we realized the problem. Now I can still pick up that same radio station if I hold the male end of a cable plugged into a guitar amp. At least the station plays decent music!