seldo, (edited )
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Do you have a device that can receive radio broadcasts in your house (not your car)?

sangster,
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@seldo I’ve gotten several COVID vaccines, does that count?

pixel,
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@sangster @seldo Only if the RFID tag had been activated by the hydrochloricone.

spacemagick,
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@seldo
Who doesn't have a radio?!

seldo,
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@spacemagick I don't! I think the last time I had one was probably a clock radio I threw out a few years ago.

spacemagick,
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@seldo Doesn't your TV receive digital radio as well as DVB?

seldo,
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@spacemagick My TV doesn't even receive TV broadcasts, it's just a smart monitor hooked up to the internet.

bluGill,
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@seldo Yes, but only because I know how to turn a rusty nail and some wire into a crystal radio. I'm too lazy to actually do this in, but I have everything needed for that device.

eniko,
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@seldo does radio alarm clock count? >_>

kmccoy,
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@eniko @seldo My dad has something he calls a "radio alarm saw" in the workshop but I've never heard him use it to play any music other than loud screeching

seldo,
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@eniko Totally.

azonenberg,
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@seldo Does the Yaesu HT in the saddlebag of my bicycle count?

seldo,
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@azonenberg googles
No.

azonenberg,
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@seldo Even if it has FM broadcast band RX capability?

foxxtrot,
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@azonenberg @seldo My Kenwood HT can absolutely tune into consumer AM/FM radio with the MARS mods.

azonenberg,
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@foxxtrot @seldo Yeah not sure if my VX-6R will tune to AM broadcast band but it will absolutely do FM just fine.

azonenberg,
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@seldo And I mean, then there's the SDRs and... heck my oscilloscopes could if you hooked up an antenna and preamp. Would need to write a bit of code to demodulate but it's doable :P

seldo,
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seldo,
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This is "radio" in the sense of AM/FM not just anything that receives radio waves.

cory,
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@seldo at this point I'm down to one that can even read CDs

seldo,
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@cory That was actually going to be my next poll!

cory,
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@seldo hahaha, all we’ve got is an aging Blu Ray player that we’ve yet to take out

clive,
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@seldo

I have one of those crank-and-solar-powered emergency radios

Turns out it's also just a great radio, and I use it to listen to our local classical station now and then

AlesandroOrtiz,

@seldo AM/FM specifically?

seldo,
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@AlesandroOrtiz Yes, the colloquial definition rather than radio waves in general.

AlesandroOrtiz,

@seldo 👍🏻 Yes, but only as part of a NOAA weather radio (for emergencies) that also has AM/FM capabilities. I don't use it for regular radio in non-emergencies.

I may have an alarm clock with AM/FM radio too, but also don't use it for radio.

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