Model 3 Am Radio

[RDibbxsh]

And when we have a disaster (earthquake, fire or worse) that shuts down the Internet or cell phone frequencies?

I'm in Calfornia. It's happened before, and yes, in modern times when we had massive fires that killed cell phone towers and power.

AM Radio needs to die. Regular radio, frankly, needs to die.

 

[RayK]

AFAIK, the smartphones that do have built-in radio receivers are FM only. The NextRadio app you might be referring to is FM.

edit: Plus the cell phone company can disable, or choose not to support, the FM radio. It's also why I carry a multi-band transceiver in my car at all times (Yaesu VX-5).

 

[kysrsoze]

You know KNX (and most of the am stations here in so cal) broadcast on the FM HD protocol. I believe for KNX it's 101.1 HD2

Thank you! Now I no longer need AM radio.

 

[JJOhio]

AFAIK, the smartphones that do have built-in radio receivers are FM only. The NextRadio app you might be referring to is FM.

edit: Plus the cell phone company can disable, or choose not to support, the FM radio. It's also why I carry a multi-band transceiver in my car at all times (Yaesu VX-5).

I also have a Icom IC7100 and can receive and transmit as necessary