Re:Tesla removes parking sensors, the results are predictabl...
by gumby on Monday April 03, 2023 @04:42PM
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If you can’t use an AM radio in an electric vehicle your vehicle is violating FCC regulations.
Re:Tesla removes parking sensors, the results are predictabl...
by tzs on Monday April 03, 2023 @07:25PM
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I don't think the FCC cares about interference unless it affects other people.
Look at TVs and computer monitors for example. I've got a Samsung SyncMaster T240 monitor that blasts out annoying noise all across the 2m ham band (and nearby police and fire bands). I've got to turn it off if I want to usefully scan those bands with a radio that is within a meter of the monitor.
Yet it passed FCC certification. Yes, it is noisy, but even if I were in a small apartment it would not be noisy enough to interfere with someone in another apartment. It just is a problem near the monitor.
Not all TVs and monitors are noisy. When playing with an RTL-SDR on my 2017 iMac I've never found any significant noise coming from the iMac for example.
Unfortunately this is something that reviewers don't seem to ever test.
Re:Tesla removes parking sensors, the results are predictabl...
by rnk on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @12:59AM
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Almost every EV now comes without an AM radio because of the interference. The original tesla model S had an am radio, but now they dropped them. It's apparently not a requirement any more. They must have some some special work to somehow eliminate the interference of the electric drivetrain.
[0]: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/10/business/media/am-radio-c...