Re: [DMCForum] FM radio differences - Europe vs. US

[Andrew <aos+yahoo@xxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 22 Feb 2005, David Cox wrote:

> --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "therealdmcvegas" <dmcvegas@xxxx>
> wrote:
>>
>> How could they have used them? It's my understanding that European
> FM
>> stations end in even #'s, such as 102.6, where as North American FM
>> stations end in odd #'s like 102.7.
>
> What I remember from the 3 years I lived in Germany is that the spacing 
> between stations is different.  I don't remember exactly what the 
> difference was, but it was something sort of like this:  European 
> stations might be something like .6 apart, for example 88.0, 88.6, 89.2, 
> 89.8, etc.; US stations are something like .7 apart, so they might start 
> also at 88.0, then go to 88.7, 89.4, 90.1, etc.

I believe this is all wrong.

Eurpoean FM is the same spacing as US FM.  It's AM that's different.  Euro 
AM is 8 kHz spaced and American is 10 kHz.

I know this because I have a European radio in my other car (Audi refuses 
to sell the good Navigation system in the US, so you have to hack the Euro 
system into a US car to get the good stuff) and I can listen to FM just 
fine, but get only (theoretically) 10% of the AM stations.

Luckily, I never listen to the radio.

-andrew

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