Re: [IRCA] Off the wall question

[Bruce Portzer <bportzer@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

The LA County Sheriff's Dept continued to use this band until the mid 60s. I remember hearing some of their transmissions on about 1650 during the Watts riots in 1965. A14-year old at the time, I found it quite interesting listening. 

By that time, the LASD had several VHF frequencies for two-way communication with the patrol cars, so it seems odd that they would hang on to the 1.6 MHz channel. 

Bruce 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Marthouse" <dmarthouse@xxxxxxxxx> 
To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2010 7:21:05 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific 
Subject: Re: [IRCA] Off the wall question 

Stan, 

I'm going to take a semi-knowledgeable guess on this one. 

Back in the 30's 40's and into the 50's police dispatch was done just above 
the am broadcast band and a bit in the two MHZ band. The dispatch was first 
only one way from the headquarters to the cars on patrol. Lots of the old 
radios could tune up into the dispatch frequencies just above the am band. 
Maybe this is a part of the answer to your question. Add to this fact that 
perhaps lots of the radios of that day were just designed to tune a little 
above and maybe below the broadcast band. 



Dave Marthouse 
dmarthouse@xxxxxxxxx 

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