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Originally Posted by Tubejunke
I did a little online research and found that somehow the dial goes to 99Mhz, but the radio actually only tunes to 42-50Mhz. Go figure!
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That's FM channel 99. The FCC uses channel numbers for the old, and the modern FM broadcast (channels 200 to 300) band, though no one else does.
You might be able to receive some older cordless phones and baby monitors, the ones using 49 or so MHz. Also, I've rigged up cable ready VCRs to convert the modern FM band down to the 42 to 50MHz prewar FM band (tap the IF inside the VCR, between its tuner and IF strip, and feed that to the 42-50MHz FM receiver. Tune the VCR to cable channels 96, connect and antenna to the VCR, and you should be able to get some FM radio stations). More in this thread:
http://www.videokarma.org/showthread.php?t=252054