Re: [IRCA] Off the wall question

[Russ Edmunds <wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>]

Many older tube radios did. The marine radio-telephone band was in the 1620+ segment and I used to hear the marine operators on some of those old radios back in the 1960's. But I can't say for sure if that's why they tuned that far up.

Russ Edmunds
Blue Bell, PA ( 360' ASL )
[15 mi NNW of Philadelphia]
40:08:45N; 75:16:04W, Grid FN20id
<wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>
FM: Yamaha T-80 & Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15'
AM: Modified Sony ICF 2010 barefoot


--- On Fri, 4/23/10, Stan <l8r2day@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Stan <l8r2day@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [IRCA] Off the wall question
> To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Friday, April 23, 2010, 10:00 PM
> 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?
> Does anyone else know of some of the older tube, and
> transistor radios that go that high??
> 
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