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bobm
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Me glad da font thingies are of bold and large
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How much f***ing Weed you smoke on any giving day
oh kool ...!
a fellow MUD member who has never had a real working radio in there FJ55 ....
let me tell you what Bob , hearing someone else inside your Land Cruiser talking and singing besides yourself for the first time is something i will never forget .........
I'm a bit of an audio snob. I don't see much point in an audio system for a truck that's so loud going down the road that it'll make you deaf... You're going to add more spl to that? No thanks. I prefer to listen to the engine noises, my exhaust note and the sound of the howling gears in my transfer case. It's not that I don't love music. Music is one of my favorite things in the world and I love it so much that I feel it deserves a silent background. I never got much into car audio, it seems like the type of thing that makes an inconspicuous work truck, into a target for thieves, so I have focused my limited time and effort on stationary (home) audio systems. Here's a photo of 2 homebrew 200w (that's an insane level of power for a tube amplifier) mirror imaged, push pull parallel, direct coupled, class A/b2 power amplifiers, rising home in the back of my Fj55, on a 250+ mile round trip.
If I'm going to be stone deaf, I want some choice in the matter.
If I'm going to be stone deaf, I want some choice in the matter.
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- Pre-Covid 19 the AM Band Range in my Central Atlantic Area was pretty stuffed every few tuner peg 1/4-1/2 turns something , even Phillys Ball on a Hot summer night
- now ?
- its like the Walking Dead Static ?
- i did notice a few mom and pop AM stations are now FM ......
Does any one else notice this Phänomenon now ?
- NPR Public Radio had 3 stations , now only 2 i can find ....
sad , but i think more then Folks died due that crap storm ....
Round these parts, all of the available stations are bought up by the same religious entity when they come up for sale. My friend was at one point running a low power FM and couldn't get a license to increase the power because all of the available stations in our area are owned already. Nobody broadcasting, but owned none the less, and not interested in selling.
We do still have an excellent community radio station, and NPR, however NPR has lost a lot of credibility with me recently and I don't particularly like the way that they've covered the left/right political devide in this country.
Support your local community radio, where you'll hear a diversity of voices and opinions, and probably better music too.
We do still have an excellent community radio station, and NPR, however NPR has lost a lot of credibility with me recently and I don't particularly like the way that they've covered the left/right political devide in this country.
Support your local community radio, where you'll hear a diversity of voices and opinions, and probably better music too.
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the Skunk-Works Laboratory live specimens reference resource collection has been truly blessed over the last few many Full-Rotations ,,,,,,,,,,
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i have concluded this was indeed a very early PLANT A11 factory installed FJ55 application , among several other 1967 / 1968 circa era modle year TOYOTA vehicle platforms globally
it would have NOT been a P.I.O. ( port installed option ) kit of any kind .......
pretty bad to the bone
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i have concluded this was indeed a very early PLANT A11 factory installed FJ55 application , among several other 1967 / 1968 circa era modle year TOYOTA vehicle platforms globally
it would have NOT been a P.I.O. ( port installed option ) kit of any kind .......
pretty bad to the bone
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gonzopancho
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AM (in the US) is largely talk, very little music left. People have options in their cars that didn't used to exist, and the radio stations themselves are partly to blame. Just not as much 'content' as there was when we (all) were younger.
This bill is largely a political response to Tesla eliminating AM radio in their vehicles (it's available as a $500 option)
I just passed a sign today that read : for road information tune radio to 1610.
Tesla should be sued for this, it negatively impacts the safety of not only their vehicles but everyone who lives on the same planet as them.
gonzopancho
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Deport Elon?
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It’s my current understanding that I learned while completing the necessary tasks / steps to earn my Radio merit badge in Scouts as a then driving age teenager , when researching information at my local public Library that NPR ( National Public Radio ) broadcasted on the AM band width was the first initial step to a National EAS ( Emergency
Alert System ) of such need to know information such as a incoming SOVIET 1st strike Nuclear Attack , Tornado 
Twisters and Flash Floods too ..FEMA then utilizes AM to update , advise and instruct the public as well …
NOAA ( National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration ) is also now geared up and tied in the same …
making more then one time weekly trips to my local ( beloved ) RADIO SHACK store to obtain there common magazine thickness paper print media educational and instructional technical manuals and needed small parts to assemble the basic fundamental Gizmos such as a single pole single throw switch that would illuminate a simple 9V , and demonstrating that I indeed correct built a working AM radio on there REALISTIC brands Master BIG-BOX peg-board like building basic working circuits and devices MONOPOLY game-board type container it came in and folded out on the folks dining room table so many dam times on Friday and Saturday nights to count …
NPR was established on Feb 26th 1970 by President Lyndon B. Johnson via an executive Order ….
NPR’s first broad cast in the AM Band was April 20th 1971 of live coverage of US Senate Deliberations on the VIETNAM
War ….Canada
was quick to jump on board AM Band use for all the above Official Government same uses too …Next time you travel via I70 though the Plains States , take note of all the Little Round Ball on a stick thingy’s on the west bound RH side outside the shoulder in the grassy area …
There network of copper conductor hard wired signal boosters that are the signal path in the areas that lack the typical radio antennas to transit AM band normally or could be termed relaying devices that make sure AM band is strong and steady from sea to shining sea …..
In the same exact manner and philosophy as when all non-cable T.V. Transmitters switched to Digital Format years ago …
Both Canada and the US made a simple little gizmo box
available at no cost to anyone who could not afford or chose not to purchase an updated all digital signals receiver Television 
….I thought that was a unique and RARE example of doing the right thing , for the right reasons at the right time in History I can only compare to construction of the Trans Continental Railroad & the Morris Code ( Telephone ) poles in tandem as each rail was laid beginning in 1863 Via President Lincoln signing the project into law .
So …..
Morris Code would technically be the first gen. AM band ……..technically .
I do like AM band and think it should remain and be a mandatory part of all automobiles and other human operated vehicles on public roads until a better universal one size fits all communication technology format is invented ?
It’s hard for me to imagine what that would be and how it would work better then AM band now as we rapidly approach 2025 ?
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PabloCruise
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Our local drive-in showed American Graffiti over Labor Day weekend, that was a blast.
The film spends a noticeable amount of time on Wolfman Jack and how popular he was with the high school crowd,how far his signal could reach, and where he was broadcasting from.
PabloCruise
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As for supporting your local radio station, yes!
I was a DJ in college and I am sure I played some cringe-worthy music. The highlight of my broadcasting career was booking a shift back-to-back with my roommate so we had enough time to play EVERY Led Zeppelin song, in alphabetical order. We got a number of positive calls during that broadcast.
PabloCruise
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I thought Ford already tried to drop AM radio?
IIRC, the pushback was significant…
PabloCruise
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Are you talking telegraph?.
It’s my current understanding that I learned while completing the necessary tasks / steps to earn my Radio merit badge in Scouts as a then driving age teenager , when researching information at my local public Library that NPR ( National Public Radio ) broadcasted on the AM band width was the first initial step to a National EAS ( Emergency
FEMA then utilizes AM to update , advise and instruct the public as well …
NOAA ( National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration ) is also now geared up and tied in the same …
making more then one time weekly trips to my local ( beloved ) RADIO SHACK store to obtain there common magazine thickness paper print media educational and instructional technical manuals and needed small parts to assemble the basic fundamental Gizmos such as a single pole single throw switch that would illuminate a simple 9V , and demonstrating that I indeed correct built a working AM radio on there REALISTIC brands Master BIG-BOX peg-board like building basic working circuits and devices MONOPOLY game-board type container it came in and folded out on the folks dining room table so many dam times on Friday and Saturday nights to count …
NPR was established on Feb 26th 1970 by President Lyndon B. Johnson via an executive Order ….
NPR’s first broad cast in the AM Band was April 20th 1971 of live coverage of US Senate Deliberations on the VIETNAM
Canada
Next time you travel via I70 though the Plains States , take note of all the Little Round Ball on a stick thingy’s on the west bound RH side outside the shoulder in the grassy area …
There network of copper conductor hard wired signal boosters that are the signal path in the areas that lack the typical radio antennas to transit AM band normally or could be termed relaying devices that make sure AM band is strong and steady from sea to shining sea …..
In the same exact manner and philosophy as when all non-cable T.V. Transmitters switched to Digital Format years ago …
Both Canada and the US made a simple little gizmo box
I thought that was a unique and RARE example of doing the right thing , for the right reasons at the right time in History I can only compare to construction of the Trans Continental Railroad & the Morris Code ( Telephone ) poles in tandem as each rail was laid beginning in 1863 Via President Lincoln signing the project into law .
So …..
Morris Code would technically be the first gen. AM band ……..technically .
I do like AM band and think it should remain and be a mandatory part of all automobiles and other human operated vehicles on public roads until a better universal one size fits all communication technology format is invented ?
It’s hard for me to imagine what that would be and how it would work better then AM band now as we rapidly approach 2025 ?
That is over the wire, not over the air, correct? At least in the Lincoln days.
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the AM Band signal boosters on I-70 West in the grass are hard-wired to each other .......
i have only noticed these, on the most remote stretches where things like a Exit Ramp if you have to Pee really bad and can't hold it any longer don't come along often ?
you just pull off to the shoulder , because there are no other vehicles on either Horizon ..
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gonzopancho
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Nixon was elected November 5, 1968 and was inaugurated January 20, 1969.
He left office August 9, 1974.
NPR replaced the National Educational Radio Network on February 26, 1970, following Congressional passage of the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, which was signed into law by LBJ.
lol. No. How would they relay or amplify anything?Next time you travel via I70 though the Plains States , take note of all the Little Round Ball on a stick thingy’s on the west bound RH side outside the shoulder in the grassy area …
There network of copper conductor hard wired signal boosters that are the signal path in the areas that lack the typical radio antennas to transit AM band normally or could be termed relaying devices that make sure AM band is strong and steady from sea to shining sea …..
Morse Code. Named after Samuel Morse.
Technically: no.
AM stands for amplitude modulation in which the amplitude (signal strength) of a wave is varied in proportion to that of the message signal, such as an audio signal. It was not developed until the early 1900s
Telegraphy in the transcontinental railroad era worked via induced current in the wire, which worked when current flowed through an electromagnet’s winding, creating a magnetic field which attracted an armature, pulling it down to the electromagnet, resulting in a "click" sound. It is, simply, a make/break system. The signal is present or not.
When the current ended, a counterweight pulled the armature back up to its resting position, resulting in a "clack" sound.
Thus, as the telegraph key at the sending end makes and breaks the contact, the sounder echoes the up and down state of the key.
You may be trying to describe on-off keying, which HAM operators name “CW” (continuous wave), but even here there is a fundamental carrier, whereas most early telegraphs were DC.
gonzopancho
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gonzopancho
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Ford was joined by BMW, Mazda, Polestar, Rivian, Tesla, Volkswagen, and Volvo in responding to a petition by Senator Markey
Senator Markey Urges Automakers to Maintain Free Broadcast Radio in Future EV Models | U.S. Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts
Text of Letter (PDF) Washington (December 1, 2022) – As automakers move swiftly to meet rising...
www.markey.senate.gov
Ford and the others took the position that AM radio is incompatible with EVs, citing electromagnetic interference from the powertrain.
Tesla made this same argument when it removed AM radio from its vehicles back in 2018.
They all reversed course, except Tesla.
