Re: [IRCA] Off the wall question

[kevin redding <dc2daylight@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Apr 23, 2010, at 9:00 PM, Stan wrote:

> I was noticing the other day, my 1948 Firestone radio I keep in the workshop goes up to 1700kc. The X band wasn't officially used until around 1993 if I'm correct.
> Why does it go that high in the 1st place?

It was a BCB/police radio. 

Back in the day the police were called in their cars on frequencies between 1600 and 1700 kc. The top of the AM band was 1500 kc. back then. 

Its kind of like having an AM radio with a police scanner with those radios back when they were new. 

Kevin
Crump, TN


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