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   Brian M. Scott to All   
   Re: Science fiction   
   18 Aug 13 17:40:04   
   
   XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.books   
   From: b.scott@csuohio.edu   
      
   On Sun, 18 Aug 2013 08:03:58 -0600, Greg Goss   
    wrote in   
    in   
   rec.arts.sf.written,rec.arts.sf.movies,rec.arts.books:   
      
   > Gene Wirchenko  wrote:   
      
   [...]   
      
   >> Another difference.  I have seen road signs saying to   
   >> tune to a certain AM frequency for traffic conditions.   
      
   Or to do so when the light on the sign is flashing.   
      
   > I remember that the highway conditions stations were often   
   > out-of-band by a bit, say 1610 KHz.  But now that I'm   
   > thinking of it, can you even get there on a digital   
   > radio?  [...]   
      
   I’ve never actually tried it, but I assume that the scan   
   function will pick up whatever signals are currently in use   
   (and I do still see signs for them).   
      
   Brian   
      
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