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Old 04-24-2015, 07:20 AM   #43
BWinmill
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Originally Posted by AprilHare View Post
The antenna for AM radio are much smaller actually. They are often embedded in devices. It's FM that requires an external antenna.
Uh, no. AM radios with embedded antennas usually use really long coils of wire to account for the longer wavelength. While you can make these coils much more compact, they are more expensive than the "long wire" antennas typically used by FM radios.
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