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Re:SETI at FAST in China by tivert on Saturday December 30, 2023 @02:17AM (#38813383)
> Things like only diesel vehicles (at the time, curious if electric cars are allowed now) because regular combustion engines have spark plugs.

IIRC, electric cars are so RF-noisy that manufactures do not include AM radios because of the interference.

https://spectrum.ieee.org/am-radio-ev-interference

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Re:SETI at FAST in China by parkererway on Saturday December 30, 2023 @11:45AM (#38816579)
My Nissan Leaf from 2014 has an AM radio, it seems to work fine.
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