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" <[email protected]> To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" <[email protected]> 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 [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]
