Yes but it wasn't the UK40 board.. The FM boards were rare and didn't effect the recieved frequency.. It meant that the FM boards were common on the continent but not here..
It seemed to be a merry go round in that EU was converting AM sets, we were converting EU sets and the americans didn't realy care
Getting back to the topic of the increased sun spot activity last time it happened you could actually hear the truckers going up/down the east coast of the states on Mid-band AM