[amsat-bb] RF noise from a passing-by BMW i3

[W3AB/GEO]

HiBMW sez,

Our standards are very high and we don't offer a product that meets less than those high standards."

If they can't fix the noise, they have pretty low standards, IMHO.
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On Jul 10, 2019, 10:53, at 10:53, Daniel Schultz via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>So BMW can't build a car that meets EMI specs so they just turn off the
>AM
>reception and hope that nobody notices? Are there no EMI regulations in
>Germany? Or maybe its the same mindset that allowed Volkswagen to cheat
>on
>their smog emissions by using engine software to trick the inspectors. 
>
>If they can successfully claim that AM radio is obsolete, others might
>claim
>that Amateur Radio is obsolete when we try to complain about
>interference to
>our service. Or maybe the cell providers would like to force everyone
>to
>stream their news online so that we pay for our data service. 
>
>The reason that US cars don't have "HD Radio" installed is that the
>satellite
>radio providers signed agreements with automakers to put satellite
>receivers
>in cars and they don't want to install a free service that might take
>customers away from subscription based satellite radio services. That
>plus the
>fact that "HD Radio" in the USA is a proprietary system that requires
>payment
>of licensing fees to iBiquity Inc, unlike Europe's open source digital
>radio
>standard. 
>
>If we don't demand that technology providers observe some level of
>social
>reponsibility they will likely argue that the benefits of their new
>technology
>will outweigh the loss of "obsolete technology" and the public might
>accept
>that argument instead of asking them to spend a little more money to
>clean up
>their pollution. 
>
>Dan Schultz N8FGV
>
>------Original Message------
>>I stumbled across an article relating much of the same, today.
>>https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1098893_bmw-i3-electric-car-quirk-no-am-radio--but-why
>>So, save the planet or save the spectrum. Perhaps not both at the same
>time?
>:-)
>>--- Zach N0ZGO
>
>
>
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