FM radio

[Mave]

 

[Impulse]

FM is usually rather locally, while AM on the other hand has a much larger range since (iirc) it can bounce back to earth again with the help of the ozone layer. FM would just "go into space" due to its higher frequency. The response would have made more sense if it was AM cause the original poster is talking about "anyone else in the world".

 

[Mave]

FM is usually rather locally, while AM on the other hand has a much larger range since (iirc) it can bounce back to earth again with the help of the ozone layer. FM would just "go into space" due to its higher frequency. The response would have made more sense if it was AM cause the original poster is talking about "anyone else in the world".

But what's the downside of AM?

 

[Impulse]

FM is usually rather locally, while AM on the other hand has a much larger range since (iirc) it can bounce back to earth again with the help of the ozone layer. FM would just "go into space" due to its higher frequency. The response would have made more sense if it was AM cause the original poster is talking about "anyone else in the world".

But what's the downside of AM?

The biggest downside would be noise. AM usually has a worse audio quality. Since most radio stations only provide to a small region it would be better to broadcast in FM. Why broadcast AM if the only people who will listen are in a radius of 100km? From what I know AM is usually only used by radio stations who want to provide their radio on every corner of the glove, say a world wide news radio station.

 

[Mave]

FM is usually rather locally, while AM on the other hand has a much larger range since (iirc) it can bounce back to earth again with the help of the ozone layer. FM would just "go into space" due to its higher frequency. The response would have made more sense if it was AM cause the original poster is talking about "anyone else in the world".

But what's the downside of AM?

The biggest downside would be noise. AM usually has a worse audio quality. Since most radio stations only provide to a small region it would be better to broadcast in FM. Why broadcast AM if the only people who will listen are in a radius of 100km? From what I know AM is usually only used by radio stations who want to provide their radio on every corner of the glove, say a world wide news radio station.

Ah that explains it, thanks.