"...maybe it's because the FM bands where I live are too cluttered?"
....most likely - all the unit will use the same bandwidth (WFM)for transmission, and as these units only use two pefixed frequencies and are not tuneable across the whole of the Radio band the odds on the two frequecies being "clear" is VERY low....
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