On: AM radio law opposed by tech and auto industries i...

[itishappy]

While I agree, this bill doesn't appear to put any pressure on automakers to reduce RFI.

[wcfields → itishappy]

Hey HAMs: You thought the noise floor was bad now, wait a few years when huge RFI vehicles are roaming all over the place.

[lightlyused → wcfields]

Actually, they really are better than ICE vehicles. Alternators are horrible.

[thsksbd → lightlyused]

I was under the impression that the FCC has mandated spark ignition standards for the better part of a century. Shielded spark plug cables with a return path for one.

[zmgsabst → lightlyused]

Only ones with spark plugs.

Diesel engines don’t produce such electronic noise — hence why they’re used in radio quiet zones.

[giantg2 → lightlyused]

Really? I always thought it was the coils firing for the spark.

[hunter2_ → giantg2]

I thought it was the spark itself.

[walterbell → wcfields]

The better to see you with, my dear, said the sky to the fly.