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Originally Posted by Chip - HP
Is there more than one FM band on the radio? ... for a couple of years (in the late '40s), there were two FM bands ...
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Yes, it has 42-50 Mhz as well as 88-108. Not much to listen to on the lo band. I can pick up the Highway Patrol on it here since they are on 42.920 but since they are narrowbanded the volume is quite low. I was the Field Engineer for the Highway Patrol in Southern Missouri until April 1 when I retired. Also a local concrete company and an electric Co-op are still running lo band but their transmissions are very infrequent. I've also got the Zenith Major which as I understand was Zenith's first post war table model FM set and was named the Major is honor of Major E H Armstrong, the set has a sticker on the back stating it uses the "Armstrong System", my collection includes a couple of General Electric AM-FM sets that have the same sticker on them. The Zenith Major has both FM bands also.
07-24-2007, 08:39 AM
Hybrid Mode
