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Originally Posted by Olorin67
Its a bit like a volume control that goes to 11.. I think the band always ended at 108. Not unusual to see an AM set with a little extra coverage past the end of the band.
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Some AM radios of the 1930s tuned 540 to 1700 kHz by design, with the 1600-1700 spot on the tuning dial marked "police". This was when police departments had one-way radios in their squad cars, which were in reality AM car radios that tuned to 1700 kHz. The officer on duty would hear the call over the radio, then would stop at the nearest police "call box" to contact the police station for the details.
This was replaced by 2-way VHF police radio in, IIRC, the 1950s. The extended coverage (1600-1700) can now be used to listen to standard AM radio stations operating in the "expanded" AM broadcast band, 1600-1700 kHz. These stations generally operate with far less than 50kW; most of them are 10kW or less, with a few even operating daytime only.
BTW, I've seen only one other AM/FM table radio (aside from the picture of a Bendix radio that tuned 88-109 which Radiotron attached to his post) that tuned 88-109 MHz on FM. It was a late-1940s-early 1950s Sylvania table set my great-aunt had in her kitchen. The photo of the Bendix set reminded me of it.
