It’s going to be a long afternoon with Howie gone from WRKO. I like to end my work day with light hearted stuff. Plus I have six computers running here and FM is impossible. I suppose I could listen on-line but our office doesn’t open until 9.
>>Plus I have six computers running here and FM is impossible
in my own workplace, a huge post office, AM reception is a bit tough and as for FM, depends on where the station is. I can
hear Howie fine because WRKO’s towers in Burlington are a couple towns away. We used to work in Woburn and I could see
the WRKO towers from our parking lot! WEEI a bit tougher
due to interference, etc., from machinery.
We get some FM
stations clearly, including WMKK “Mike” 93.7 (tower in
Peabody) and WCRB 99.5 (tower in Andover). WCRB is now
half-owned by Entercom and rumor has them EVENTUALLY
ditching classical and perhaps moving WEEI there.
(Don’t panic, it hasn’t happened yet, classical fans,
but the possibility does exist.)
WTKK does come in at work, though it’s shaky sometimes.
Of course he’d be on mornings anyway, when I’m NOT at
work. But I sleep till 9 or 10 am so I’d have to tape
show and hear it back later on mp3.
Just by intuition, you'll notice that internal "radio" products for computer equipment are almost all FM. My PDA had an option for an FM "SD" card. If I put my Palm (100mhz?) next to an AM radio, it induces static, but witch to FM, and it has no effect.
Any way, the usual culprit in RF problems is a cheap PSU. The mfg skimped on a couple of capacitors. Some even have the silk screening for them, but have wires instead of components.