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 <[email protected]> FM: Yamaha T-80 & Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15' AM: Modified Sony ICF 2010 barefoot --- On Fri, 4/23/10, Stan <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Stan <[email protected]> > Subject: [IRCA] Off the wall question > To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" > <[email protected]> > 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?? > > _______________________________________________ > IRCA mailing list > [email protected] > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are > those of the original contributors and do not necessarily > reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing > staff, or officers > > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > To Post a message: [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
