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Re:Congress fights to keep AM radio in cars by LorenPechtel on Monday October 07, 2024 @02:03PM (#41768955)
And the pack-an-AM-radio approach is likely to fall victim to old batteries. Low probability emergency equipment people are likely to forget about.

And a common use case for this would be people evacuating a disaster area. Being able to put up a simple transmitter with localized instructions would be a very good thing. As it stands there are government transmitters out there running looped broadcasts with general information and closure information.

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Re:Congress fights to keep AM radio in cars by bombela on Monday October 07, 2024 @06:15PM (#41771656)
You can buy an emergency AM radio, fully integrated with a lithium battery, a hand crank, a tiny solar panel, a flashlight. It can also charge your phone.
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Re:Congress fights to keep AM radio in cars by none4methx on Tuesday October 08, 2024 @10:22AM (#41777691)
Bought one, it lasted a few years of very light use, but I can’t replace the battery so it’s trash now. I don’t like having to own more things I can’t service. Especially when products tend to be non-durable.
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