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Saving AM Radio

The house next door is installing a solar system, and I'm hoping it doesn't turn the AM band into a mess of hash and noise once it becomes active (it's not yet, as far as I know).

c
 
Maybe a bad transformer near your home that the electric company replaced without you being aware that they did it?
That wouldn't affect whether the clock radio turned itself on.

It wasn't turning on at all.

As for the relevance, the old clock radio picks up AM and the new one does not. Even the nearest station is just static.
 
The house next door is installing a solar system, and I'm hoping it doesn't turn the AM band into a mess of hash and noise once it becomes active (it's not yet, as far as I know).

c
We had solar panels in Oakland. They mostly did not cause noise except right at 1200 kHz, but there was an attenuating effect on weaker signals. If I went about six feet away from the house, that effect disappeared.
 
It just so happens my clock radio came on just before Gil Gross introduced himself and said he was hosting special July 4 programming. Normally there is a morning host doing news, reports from Fox News Radio and maybe sports updates, and clips from the syndicated talk shows.
 


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