01-04-2015, 10:54 AM
Bob is correct.
In ye olden days when FM first came on the scene just prior to America's entry into World War II, most FM radio dials were calibrated in "channel numbers" rather than frequencies. These channel numbers were arrived at by removing the leading 4 from the frequency and eliminating the decimal point. Thus, 42.1 mc became channel number 21 on the dial. 99 on the dial was the "channel number" for 49.9 mc.
In ye olden days when FM first came on the scene just prior to America's entry into World War II, most FM radio dials were calibrated in "channel numbers" rather than frequencies. These channel numbers were arrived at by removing the leading 4 from the frequency and eliminating the decimal point. Thus, 42.1 mc became channel number 21 on the dial. 99 on the dial was the "channel number" for 49.9 mc.
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Ron Ramirez
Ferdinand IN
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