On Jan 29, 6:03 am, David wrote:
On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 05:32:07 GMT, Doug Smith W9WI





wrote:
Bob wrote:
A few decades back there was an "all channel radio bill" introduced in
Congress that would have mandated that all radios over $15 be FM
capable. Did that ever get off the ground?

Y'know, I don't know!

Of course, today there are a lot of radios out there that *only* get FM.
(usually not very well...)

I'm inclined to think the relative extra cost of adding NOAA to an
inexpensive AM/FM portable today would be considerably greater to that
of adding FM to a early-1970s AM set. You'd need an alphanumeric
display and enough buttons to handle programming. Either that, or you'd
put in a NOAA receiver that simply opens up whenever it detects modem
tones, without bothering to decode the data. I suspect most customers
wouldn't stand for that. The addition of FM to an AM set simply
involved adding an AM/FM switch and inscribing a few more numbers on the
existing dial.

And then, there's the question of battery life.


- If people don't bother to get an All Hazards radio, screw 'em.

DaviD - We need a Federal Grovernment program to buy
each and every poor resident of the USA their own NOAA
Weather Alert Radio to ensure that they are Safe. Every
Illegal Alien needs a Weather Radio when they are crossing
the Border so that they can Safely {Illegally} Enter the
Country. Why NOAA Weather Radios are a basic universal
Human Right. ~ RHF