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Waking up on a fresh Spring morning, in the country, is one of life's greatest pleasures. The sound of waterfalls, birds calling, the distant barking of a dog, roosters crowing in the damp, still morning air... there are few things to top it.
The hustle and bustle of daily life means this pleasure
is denied most of us, most of the time.
The range of AM radio, over FM, means you can transmit a signal further and therefore reach a greater audience. That means you may be able to attract more subscribers; people who derive the same pleasure from the sounds described above.
A range of soundtracks delivering the roar of surf, morning in a rainforest, or just the sound of a tinkling mountain stream could be made available at the bottom end of the AM band, for those of us who might want to tune in and drop out for ten minutes or so, once or twice a day.
I'd pay to support it.
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Sharper Image must derive 90% of its revenues from selling devices that make these noises, so there's certainly a market for it. |
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Probably, but I think it's easier to carry a portable radio and a set of headphones than to try to stay in GPRS range. |
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Isn't that a kind of dog, [toady]? |
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Ahh..the sound of falling coconuts on a sandy beach... |
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I can only imagine the realism with the high fidelity of the AM band.. |
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Just wait until AM goes digital. |
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my cable has this somewhere in the music channel lineup, but surprising, my satellite radio doesn't. |
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Maybe they're afraid I'll fall asleep. |
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It could also broadcast the sounds of
aeroplanes, city traffic, police sirens,
etc. to those people who live on a
tropical palm-fringed beach in the
middle of nowhere. |
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//Just wait until AM goes digital.// |
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Then from everywhere you shall be able
to hear and see fresh snow. + |
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Alas, been baked before. There was a radio station that put microphones on the beach and broadcast surf sound......... |
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Someone's already stolen your idea. There's a waterfall on 530khz , and a gentle rain on 560. |
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Ah, yes the background cosmic radiation. That is a soothing sound. |
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If you go to the Maritime Museum in
Greenwich (where they make
"Greenwich Mean Time"), near the
entrance they have loudspeakers
playing the sound of the waves crashing
on a beach from a live link to
somewhere on the south coast of
England. |
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I have a country cousin (well, Californian, actually) who complained that her sleep in NYC was disturbed when she was woken up by the birds singing. I guess you can't please everyone. |
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Fair enough. I should have clarified. |
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There seems to be a disturbing lack of understanding of the difference between AM and MW here. |
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benjamin: What exactly do you mean? In North America, the only amplitude-modulated broadcasts intended for a large-scale public audience are in the MW band (there are other transmissions, of course, but not intended for general audiences the same way as the 530KHz-1620Khz transmissions are). |
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Can't you already but this on CD's? Would it really make sense to broadcast it over radio? Decreased quality, atmospheric attenuation, cost... |
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supercat: Yes, as long as "broadcasts intended for a large-scale public audience" and "audio, rather than TV or telemetry" and "present day situation" are all implied, then AM == MW. Ditto similar argument for FM == VHF. |
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The statement "The range of MW radio, over VHF..." would have been more accurate, or at least less indirect. |
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[benjamin], it's hardly a disturbing lack of understanding. Rather it looks like it's a matter of nomenclature, from one country to the next. Here, AM (Medium Wave) means 530 - 1620 kHz, FM (VHF) means 87 - 108 MHz. |
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I doubt there are a lot of people who would draw the distinction you have. |
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[silverstormer], possibly so, but that shouldn't prevent it being radiocast, surely? |
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No you're right. I'm not against the idea, in fact I quiet like it but logic and sensibility often gets the better of me. |
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The 530 - 600 part of the name would not have worked so well, either. |
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<OT>I originally thought that meant 5:30 - 6:00 in the morning. Infact before reading I assumed this was an idea about the whole world declaring peace for 30mins in the morning...</OT> |
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