Bertrik Sikken wrote: > Hi all, > > While working with the rockbox radio code a bit I noticed that currently > the FM channel spacing for the 'europe' FM region setting is 50 kHz. > (see fm_region_data in firmware/tuner.c) > I think this should be 100 kHz. > > The 100 kHz spacing for europe is mentioned in the si4702 radio chip > datasheet and wikipedia ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FM_band ) also > mentions "An ITU Geneva conference of 1984-12-07 resolved to discontinue > the use of 50 kHz offsets throughout Eastern and Western Europe." > Here in the Netherlands, all FM frequencies are on a 100 kHz spacing. > This is also the case for France and Germany as far as I could find in > a quick search with google. According to wikipedia, Italy is apparently > an exception, still using 50 kHz for some stations.
The wikipedia reference actually says "Some countries, such as Italy which has a heavily-congested FM band, still allow a station on any 50 kHz boundary where it can be squeezed in.", suggesting that this is not exclusively Italy, but possibly other countries as well. I would personally suggest that unless we can show for definite that Italy is the __only__ exception country, it may be unwise to make a global change? -- Mike Holden http://www.by-ang.com - the place to shop for all manner of hand crafted items, including Jewellery, Greetings Cards and Gifts
