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I may be wrong here, but wouldn't reception be pretty poor using an antenna designed for >10x the frequency of FM radio? There's a reason why most FM radios hav
by svantana 10y ago
I may be wrong here, but wouldn't reception be pretty poor using an antenna designed for >10x the frequency of FM radio? There's a reason why most FM radios have protruding antennas - the wavelength is ~3 meters.
- darkengine 10y agoMy first Android smartphone had an FM radio, and it used the headphone cable as an antenna. You had to have headphones plugged in or you got nothing but static.
- detaro 10y agoNormally they use the headphone cable as an antenna (which leads to contortions if you want to listen using bluetooth, since with most phones the software assumes "oh, headphones plugged in, audio to headphones it is")
- nxc18 10y agoWindows Phone did a good job with this; the music app let you choose to override the default and play through the output device of your choice.
- wbl 10y agoThe reception is crap, but the S/N ratio is still good because the electronics add minimal noise, so most of the noise is atmospheric interference which is also reduced.