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PT-41 short on the AM cycle
Chris Drumma
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01-15-2009, 09:07 AM
Recently bought one of these. Why did philco cut the AM band off at around 1600kc? Was there a good reason to do this?

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PT-41 short on the AM cycle - by Chris Drumma - 01-15-2009, 09:07 AM
Re: PT-41 short on the AM cycle - by BDM - 01-16-2009, 08:03 PM



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