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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Most people won't read until that last paragraph, ha ha.

Thanks for writing this up. I have always been concerned that my car is the nearest FM radio. I always kept a clock radio stashed in my basement "workshop" area but it was thrown out at some point along with the old rotary phone I had with it.

My son has a beginner electronics kit that can build a very low powered transmitter so I got him a cheap usb chargeable AM/FM receiver with an aux in, speaker, and headphone jack for next to nothing. The antenna is actually extendable and doesn't suck. Going to stash it when he's done with it. Could come in handy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Man, we have maybe 5 radios all around the house so battery operated or rechargeable.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I always did but we moved across country as a lot of stuff just got tossed. You know that old radio in the garage covered in paint, and the clock radios no one uses anymore, etc. My mother's house has one in every room, I think (except bathrooms and maybe the living room, ironically).