o Change Default Settings using PC
• 200MHz Processor
• 64MB Memory
• CD-ROM Drive
• Ethernet Adapter with TCP/IP Protocol Installed
• Windows® XP/2000/Me or Mac® OS X v10.3/v10.2/…
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Originally Posted by _kevin
Is it that hard to include the receiving circuitry for both bands?
It may be. Search Google for "one chip fm radio" and you get lots of res…
You have to have separate chips for each, but more importantly AM needs it's own dedicated antenna - you can't simply use the earphone cord as FM receivers do.
Thus, there probabl…
The frequency range for AM broadcast is so much lower than FM broadcast that you'd need a fairly bulky antenna to get anything. The low end of the AM band is about 560 kilohertz w…
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Originally Posted by ghporter
Besides, what's on AM that's worth adding that function to an iPod accessory?
I think a lot of people would want to listen to talk radio.…
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Originally Posted by chabig
I think a lot of people would want to listen to talk radio.
Chris
Good point. I usually don't have the time (or the blood pressure contro…
Thanks for all the information. I hadn't considered the electronic necessities outside of the IC (i.e. the antenna).
And yes - I listen to a lot of talk/news radio. Most of those…
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Originally Posted by iMacfan
May I suggest that Podcasting seems to be more and more taking over the space which talk radio once inhabited?
Exactly.
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Originally Posted by quesera
Spurs broadcasts are on AM, definitely worth listening to when we can't make the game.
You're not at the AT&T Center (or in front of a…
Some of us are poor teachers. Still, we got a ten game package with our game 7 tickets last year and we've supplemented it with other games. Sadly, I think we've seen all the los…
Ouch, quesera! That hurts!
Anyway, for AM stuff, I'd just get an inexpensive AM radio for important radio shows. The audio quality you can get with AM is usually so lousy (it se…
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Originally Posted by ghporter
Ouch, quesera! That hurts!
Anyway, for AM stuff, I'd just get an inexpensive AM radio for important radio shows. The audio quality you ca…