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Author Topic: Southern California Cities Invest in AM’s TIS? RW rip...  (Read 797 times)

Offline ThaDood

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https://www.radioworld.com/tech-and-gear/products/southern-california-cities-invest-in-ams-tis   Yeah??? I'd still like to see an LPAM System, to rival the current LPFM system. Still, this shows that someone still believes that AM Radio have viability.
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is like a very long cat. You yank his tail in New York and he
meows in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? Now, radio is
exactly the same, except that there is no cat.”
-Attributed to Albert Einstein, but I ripped it from the latest Splatter .PDF March 2025 issue.

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Re: Southern California Cities Invest in AM’s TIS? RW rip...
« Reply #1 on: June 11, 2025, 1443 UTC »
Hey Thadood,

MA "supposedly" has around 25 "TIS" or "SAFE" stations "on air". I am not not sure how old that list or how accurate it is either.
I vaguely recall cruising around the state and seeing signs  still up for stations that weren't on air  ( for  whatever reasons).

Not sure if some of these were "on demand" ,  ie if no big traffic jam or other emergency = off air.

TIS were fun to Dx .You KNOW conditions were good if you could hear them.

NQC
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