01-05-2025, 05:10 AM
Mike;
From what I can recall about the 60L I have the lower end of the so called "police band" comprises of the upper end of what is now the AM broadcast band. I have a G.E set with a similar setup, I can't remember the model number but it's from 1933. I seem to remember that during the 1930s the AM broadcast band, in North America, stopped around 1500 KC or 1550, now it goes up to 1700 KC, so if you have a station above 1500 KC in your area it is useful for that. I'm guessing that this may have been changed in the early 1940s as there was a lot of reallocating of radio station frequencies around that time. I have never actually seen a police radio that operated at those lower frequencies, and from what I heard they worked one way like in the movies, where they would receive messages but not send, two way was rare. I hope that may answer Peter's question under your first video.
Happy Christmas
Happy New Year
Arran
From what I can recall about the 60L I have the lower end of the so called "police band" comprises of the upper end of what is now the AM broadcast band. I have a G.E set with a similar setup, I can't remember the model number but it's from 1933. I seem to remember that during the 1930s the AM broadcast band, in North America, stopped around 1500 KC or 1550, now it goes up to 1700 KC, so if you have a station above 1500 KC in your area it is useful for that. I'm guessing that this may have been changed in the early 1940s as there was a lot of reallocating of radio station frequencies around that time. I have never actually seen a police radio that operated at those lower frequencies, and from what I heard they worked one way like in the movies, where they would receive messages but not send, two way was rare. I hope that may answer Peter's question under your first video.
Happy Christmas
Happy New Year
Arran
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