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> I suppose I own an emergency solar powered radio but if a hurricane happened. does that reallyt change anything? When everything else is down, your cell phon

> I suppose I own an emergency solar powered radio but if a hurricane happened. does that reallyt change anything? When everything else is down, your cell phone doesn't work anymore, there is no internet, etc., then AM radio is going to be the next-to-last means available to get essential information about what's happening, where you should go, where you should avoid, what help is where, etc. The last channel of information is going to be ham radio. > Instead, we should deregulate AM radio. Make it free to use. That would just mean that it wouldn't be very useful to anybody because the airwaves will be full of people trying to shout over each other.

incomingpain 1y ago
>That would just mean that it wouldn't be very useful to anybody because the airwaves will be full of people trying to shout over each other. Nobody is using it now. Even if it becomes anarchy, you're still limited by transmit power. Typically 120v plug is only going to reach your city. From the article, electric cars interfere a big amount. https://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/spectrum-management-telecommunications/en/safety-and-compliance/cutting-through-interference-am-and-fm-radios https://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/spectrum-management-telecom...