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

[Jeff Moore]

It doesn't matter what their standards are - if they are manufacturing
products that emit harmful interference - it's on them to fix it!!  BY
LAW!!!

On Thu, Jul 11, 2019 at 3:58 PM W3AB/GEO via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> 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.
> ⁣___
> Sent from my two way wrist watch
> 73 de W3AB/GEO
>
> 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If they can successfully claim that AM radio is obsolete, others might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that Amateur Radio is obsolete when we try to complain about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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