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I never saw a cell phone with an AM receiver, only FM receivers; there might be some technical reason why AM receivers on phones are harder. Perhaps it might be
by cesarb 7y ago
I never saw a cell phone with an AM receiver, only FM receivers; there might be some technical reason why AM receivers on phones are harder. Perhaps it might be because AM uses AFAIK lower frequencies than FM (phones with FM receivers already have to use the headphone wire as the antenna, and lower frequencies need longer antennas).
- mikestew 7y agoOver forty years ago I had a transistor AM radio that fit in a shirt pocket. I would use it to listen to WXL in Chicago from my Indianapolis area home some 200 miles away. Despite holding an amateur radio license, I have no idea about the antenna design in that radio. I do know that it worked. So I don’t know if it’s a matter of antennas, or a matter of “who listens to AM anymore?”