Why is there AM radio station choices, when all I can receive is FM channels? Does anyone receive AM clearly?
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Am reception all depends on location.  AM signals to not pass well into buildings like FM frequencys do.  Soon Am stations will be switching over to all digital broadcasting.  This will improve the reception of AM stations, making their quality pretty close to FM standards.  If you are having problems picking up AM stations in your area, a good product to look for is the "Select-a-Tenna"  It is a small round disk-like thing you place next to your radio, and it will pull in even distant AM stations(you dont even have to hook it up to the radio, it just sits right next to it)  The AM band is kinda cool to check out... As mentioned, most stations are news/talk, but you can always find some other more obscure types of programming that can't be found anywhere on the FM dial.. SO, Give it a chance, you may just find something you like.
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Amplitude modulated radio radiation is the result of a disturbance in space. The signal travel in all directions and can be received at a wide range of location. However Am transmission is very suceptible to noise. Hence a lack of fidelity.\n\nFrequence modulation is really Power modulation rather than amplitude.Since the signal can vary as a fucntion of frequency there is better clarity in the reception. But the .Television signal Use the same principle as FM.Hower since the wave lenght of the signal carrier is much shorter. Hence they are more directional.The transmison cannot be as wide spread as the long wave in Am.
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Try a FM Booster attached to the radio - I could never get a signal in my basement (It's a game room with pool table, darts, etc...So NEEDED tunes!), then hooked up a FM booster that I got at Radio Shack and it worked great!
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they dont play anything good on any radio station, your going to have to buy or download what you like and buy a cd player if you want something good.
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I use Winamp player. It contains radio stations you can listened to all over the world. I believe there might be a Indian/Pakistani radio station I am sure of. I know that it has Russian, German, Korean, Japanese (the ones I do listened to so I know for certain). You can get the basic free of charge, or the Pro for a small fee.
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try going to http://www.kissfm.com and see if the format u want is on the list then click on it from there
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Because FM radio is run by corporate drones with the imagination of a fruit fly.   Get an XM or Sirius radio and enjoy the variety of music.
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"dose any one know how to start a radio station?"\n\n\nYes, I do.  Lots of other people do too.\n\nI doubt very much that you are an investor or entrepreneur.\n\nI suspect that you just want to play around, and play around without a licence or any knowledge whatsoever.\n\nSo I won't help you, and I hope that anyone who has any knowledge (and common sense) won't help you either.
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i love pandora!  it's a great way to discover new bands that you're guarenteed to like.  i've created about five stations through pandora.  i have a station that plays top 40, one that does oldies, one that is jazz, and alt rock, and so on and so forth.  it's free and easy to sign up.
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what kind of XM Radio? I think i can help you if i knew more email me: thecoolman@taa.zzn.com
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I would have to say try the broadband see if you get any reception which you should or if not you might need to purchase a radio with the international frequency ranger that should do the trick to local radio stations and try the e bay to purchase one of these babies
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I like Sirius better.  Maybe for Baseball chose XM.  Look at the choices with both and decide what you prefer.
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Don't know about radio, as I do not use it anymore. Podcasts allow me to listen whenever I want and to hear it again if I liked it.\nDownload iTunes (if you dont have it yet) and subscribe to the "grooveTEK Chillout Sessions" podcasts. They have a very nice selection.
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I'll picture it for you...years ago when all the radios were AM Amplitude Modulation...when you drove under high voltage power-lines..you would hear static...with FM Frequency Modulation this will not happen..Higher Frequency.\n\nI hope this helped
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Different reasons -- \n\n1.  Frequency separation.  Radio stations operate on different channels (frequencies) than CB radios for example.\n\n2.  Different locations.  You can operate on the same frequencies if the transmitters are located far enough away from each other.  Look how many "Channel 3" TV stations there are.  They're far enough away from each other so they don't interfere.\n\n3.  Different modulation.  FM and AM are types of modulation.  In the case of radio, they're also on different spectrums, but you could have the same frequency modulated differently and have minimal interference.\n\n4.  Digital transmission.  You can transmit information digitally over the airwaves and "multiplex" it such that it doesn't interfere with other transmissions (cell phones for example).
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Get Winamp updated version.\nyou;ll get all local radio and chennels their
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In general, the AM transmitting tower will be taller.  This need not be the case however, since multi-band antennas (that's what the tower is, an antenna) are common.  It is entirely possible to transmit both AM and FM from the same antenna.\n\nAgain in general, the longer your recieving antenna is physically, the better will be your reception.  But you need not build a tower a mile high nor string miles of horizontal wire to make a satisfactory AM or FM recieving antenna.  The dinky little antenna inside your handheld device will work just fine in most cases.  That's because there's additional circuitry inside the device that amplifies the signal recieved by the antenna.  \n\nSometimes, you'll find yourself a bit too far from a particular transmitting antenna to be able to recieve it on your handheld device.  No biggie; there's lots and lots of alternative transmitting stations whose antennas are close enough that you can find something to listen to.\n\nYou really wanna do something interesting?  How about building your own transmitter/reciever combination and talking to and viewing another guy or gal from another country directly and personally - the other person having done the same thing - build his or her own combination device?  Well, you can learn to do that through a unique entity called "The Amateur Radio Service".  In other words, ham radio.  If y'interested, check out the home page of the American Radio Relay League at www.arrl.org and they'll tell ya how to get started.  And when you do, and you got your ham radio license from the FCC with your own radio callsign (nobody else in the universe will have the same sign) look for KG2DI on the air!  That's me...