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Antenna couplers used on 1940s Philco radios
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I had done some checking and discovered several towns here in NH still have active FCC licenses for the public utility band, somewhere right around 49 MHz. Those towns are all 50 miles or so away, but I thought I might pick something up but no luck. Of course, they may have switched to a modern encrypted digital band and are just letting those licenses run out. 

I do remember picking up various transmissions on the PBL band on my Midland back in the 1970s and 1980s but not in the past 30 years.

This Philco is the same model a neighbor gave me when I was a teenager in the late 1950s. No idea what happened to that one. I was cursed with the affliction of always taking everything apart. At the time I wasn't aware of the of history of the FM broadcasting bands. But looking back on it, they had no doubt upgraded to an FM radio that could play the new frequencies. For me that radio was my first exposure to SW.

Thanks for the feedback
Marv


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RE: Antenna couplers used on 1940s Philco radios - by DeleteMe - 10-25-2023, 12:22 PM



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