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Japanese AM Stations Begin Suspensions

Regulators allow a year-long trial of suspended AM services to gauge the impact

 

https://www.radioworld.com/global/japanese-am-stations-begin-suspensions


 
Posted : 07/06/2024 5:23 am
Mark
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Unfortunately I don't think anyone would care and if that was done here the same thing.
I don't think one buyer of a Tesla cares that there's no AM. Look at all the noise wiping out the band in most homes from other things causing interference and no one cares. They don't even have radios in the house. Sad I know. No one will ever say that they won't use compact florescent bulbs because it ruins AM radio reception. They have to extend the FM band here in North America if they went Japan's route and did this here. Japan's FM band goes from 64-108 mHz.


 
Posted : 07/06/2024 9:13 am
Roy
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Sadly Mark,

I agree to about AM. None cares. Wouldn't be so bad about expanding the FM band like Japan. How about have a small portion of it for Part15 which better range, than just your own house. And not let greed harbor it all up.


 
Posted : 07/06/2024 11:45 am
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Fortunately in Canada we have more than just your house and property and if a large property FCC FM wouldn't even cover that. The one reason I won't go on AM is as mentioned before is I want listeners and wouldn't go to all the trouble of the outdoor set up with grounds, radials, your own land to dig up for the radials, risk of lightning striking the Procaster antenna blowing up the whole thing, and then there's the vandalism risk also, all of that to broadcast to me and get no one listening.


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Posted : 07/06/2024 3:41 pm
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It would be nice to see something like New Zealand, where they allow 1 watt power at the edge of the FM band.  If they expanded the band, no one loses anything.  You still have to follow rules there, and be licensed (and as Johny C has said, theoretically you can be inspected), it's all so much more relaxed there (and as I understand it, pretty easy to get the license, nothing like what you have to go through in the U.S. and Canada right now, even for LPFM).


 
Posted : 07/06/2024 5:23 pm
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Artisan we don't have to get a license as such here for LPFM. It's called a general user license which means its open to use by anyone as long as you follow the rules. Yes you can be inspected and shut down if we don't follow the rules (very rare this happens). The same as you for your part15 no fees and no paper work. Only fees you have to pay are music license fees which is $352.51 a year (just paid mine this week) if you don't run ads, more if you do. That is a flat fee which covers over-air and streaming. You don't have to send in logs of tracks played or how long people have listened.


 
Posted : 07/06/2024 7:06 pm
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And commercial stations and hobbyists co-exist and get along. Corporate greed isn't running the airwaves. Each has their place. Follow the rules, what a great idea.  New Zealand is a great model.


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Posted : 07/06/2024 7:22 pm
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