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Old Sep 5, 2004 | 12:21 pm
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Originally Posted by ChrisDK
My logic tells me that the FM signal is there no matter what, so what difference does it make whether or not I receive them right!?
Uh, yes, but the radio frequency oscillator that your FM radio contains in order to get down to the intermediate frequency for amplification isn't.
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