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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