Generally they just put up with it. Current arrangements positively discourage the reporting of medium and long wave interference. Some types of broadband interference are difficult to identify, the overall effect is that the wanted signals appear weaker. Unless the interfering source is turned on and off the listener will not be aware of the cause of the signal degradation. 2.3 Care must be taken in interpreting the experiences in other countries.
Conditions differ from country to country.
In addition other countries may have different traditions of commercial and public responsibility. It has been claimed that the effective ambient noise level on the medium wave broadcast band is already so high that it justifies the setting of a high limit for MPT 1570. Measurements show that the level of incidental interference is not high in most residential and rural areas. The limit to reception in these areas is simply the congestion of broadcast signals. It is acknowledged that the incidental noise level in some urban and industrial areas is high.