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    AM at low power

    I have the Terk model and it works great as long as weak signal is the only issue. If the issues include interference, it is less helpful (but it is very directional).
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    Gas Price Info With National Gas Temperature Map

    Mine is unchanged at $4.199 as is Redwood City at $5.039.
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    DirecTV Makes Diamond Sports Renewal Official

    Reorganization is all about cutting new deals.
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    AM at low power

    Fortunately, if all you're after is the music, there are tens of thousands of streaming stations on the Internet that cover virtually all disciplines. All are MP3 quality or better.
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    DirecTV Makes Diamond Sports Renewal Official

    Planning, hoping, wanting and needing are no assurance of getting anything done.
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    Oh boy...

    When I took my first computer class (BASIC programming on a PDP-8/L), we had to "key in" the tape reader bootstrap using paddle switches each morning before loading BASIC from a punched tape on a Teletype Model 33 ASR. The computer had 4K of magnetic core RAM. One of the eggheads had memorized...
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    DirecTV Makes Diamond Sports Renewal Official

    All plans and projections are based on fairly huge assumptions. The problem comes when the assumptions aren't disclosed or don't come to pass (like how the DSG reorganization appears to be headed). One thing that hasn't changed is that until a product, joint venture, subscriber addition or...
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    Apple Event - May 7, 2024 (New iPads!)

    Doorbell monitor?
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    The up-to-date list of DIRECTV markets without SD (standard definition) local channels

    This list doesn't look right. Some of the listed markets still have SD channels (although they may no longer be on spot beams). San Francisco, CA, Dallas, TX, Phoenix, AZ and Greenville, SC all have SD channels according to the transponder list yet your list shows that they do not. At this...
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    Gas Price Info With National Gas Temperature Map

    And back down again. My store is $4.199. Redwood City is $5.039.
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    Oh boy...

    Those IP addresses are all property of Amazon Technologies so I'm guessing this is yet another DDOS attack. This time they're using domestic addresses but I doubt that they would be humans. Removing HTTP/2 isn't the solution to a DDOS attack. HTTP/2 brings significant performance gains when...
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    Tap into the NEW TV Signal: ATSC 3.0

    As if ATSC 3.0 broadcasts haven't been available for nine years.
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    Ford to drop AM radio in new vehicles

    If only other station operators were 10% as dedicated as yourself...
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    New thread not showing up

    I'm almost certain that I saw this thread before and as such, it wouldn't have been a Pub thread.
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    New thread not showing up

    Seems like it is high time for a re-index (overnight). Not only does it not show up in the listings, it also doesn't show up in keyword searches. Somebody must have said something that Elon didn't appreciate.
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    Ford to drop AM radio in new vehicles

    Neither of these "features" can be obtained using standard radios that mortals can buy today. There's also the issue of multiple standards. Streaming fixes that for the most part but for me, it actually makes the AM jock's tendency to firewall the faders all that much worse as the sound is...
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    Oh boy...

    I didn't notice anything during that interval (around 09:15 PDT).
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    Stargate SG-1 Discussion

    Converting 4:3 SD with lots of old CGI is a very expensive proposition and probably reserved for only the most revered of titles. Ten seasons is also a tall mountain to scale.
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    Ford to drop AM radio in new vehicles

    For every well-run station, there are thousands that struggle. Topographical constraints are a much bigger issue that can't be easily solved by changing the format of the data in the carrier. The AM station I listen to regularly has been reduced to 1000 watts (both day and night) to protect...
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    Ford to drop AM radio in new vehicles

    You munged the link with your emoji. I fixed it above.
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    Ford to drop AM radio in new vehicles

    Large corporation ownership is a problem with FM (Audacy) but I don't see it as much in the AM band. The stations with an axe to grind seem to have a presence in both bands. Stations that are substantially automated probably aren't worth talking about when it comes to detailed local emergency...
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    Ford to drop AM radio in new vehicles

    Pure digital isn't likely to overcome the RF noise inherent in modern automobiles. I think we need to take a serious look at the problem as Germany and Norway have done.
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    Reply by conversation

    I use an air popper. The magic of the air popper is that you can't burn the popcorn which will be a bigger threat to your life than "popcorn lung" (unless you live alone ;)).
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    Windows 10/11 Download

    Windows 11 is losing ground in the Windows marketplace according to statistics from GlobalStats while Windows 10 is gaining share back: https://gs.statcounter.com/os-version-market-share/windows/desktop/worldwide...
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    Ford to drop AM radio in new vehicles

    Congress is currently considering legislation, the "AM Radio for Every Vehicle" act, requiring every new car to be outfitted with an AM-capable radio. https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/1669...