[Milsurplus] Re: Use of lower frequencies

[Brian Bjerkelund]

Hi Hue:

That would be Dick Howard, K7DVK......one of my 6-meter friends back in '58.

Brian,
K7AIS
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hue Miller" <kargo_cult at msn.com>
To: <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2004 7:13 PM
Subject: [Milsurplus] Re: Use of lower frequencies


> Oklahoma City police might have used modified car radios, but i think this 
> was
> certainly the rare exception. I have never heard this before, and i have 
> owned
> 3 MW police band radios - 2 by Philco, which were available in tunable or 
> xtal
> controlled models.
>
> There's a ham i  met in Portland, OR, i think his name is Don Howard ( son 
> is Dan
> Howard, insulator afficionado-collector, who publishes insulator 
> newsletter
> (believe it or not) ) who knows quite a bit about early police radio, from 
> his
> knowing some of the principals. He should write an article, but he won't 
> do it.
> He told me many years ago Salt Lake City, Utah and Portland, Oregon had 
> the
> same frequency. Many nights the Portland police could clearly hear the SLC
> police calls - but could distinguish them because before making an 
> announcement
> call, the SLC police radio announcer would ring a bell - and i mean not a 
> buzzer, but
> an actual bell, like a school or church bell.
>
> As for MW or low frequency range, i note that on many clear days, i can in 
> Siletz
> Oregon  ( pop. 945 ) in central coastal Oregon, hear all day, CBC 
> Vancouver Canada
> on 690 kHz - but reception is spotty in other towns in same area - also 
> many days
> can hear KNBR Sacramento all day - or at least til dark, when skywave 
> signals from
> other stations interfere.  - Hue Miller
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