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   From: genew@telus.net   
      
   On Sun, 18 Aug 2013 08:03:58 -0600, Greg Goss  wrote:   
      
   >Gene Wirchenko  wrote:   
   >   
   >>On Tue, 30 Jul 2013 18:13:50 +0000 (UTC), tmcd@panix.com (Tim   
   >>McDaniel) wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>In article ,   
   >>>David DeLaney   wrote:   
   >>>>Dave, and I don't know if anyone's mentioned the   
   >>>> digitalness/push-buttonness of radio tuning now, vs the old   
   >>>> turn-the-knob-and-it-creeps-analogically. and who knows what he'd   
   >>>> make of the SEEK button   
   >>>   
   >>>(Since radio isn't usually important, I didn't want to consider it as   
   >>>an actual impediment.)   
   >>   
   >>      Another difference.  I have seen road signs saying to tune to a   
   >>certain AM frequency for traffic conditions.   
   >   
   >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   
      
        1610 is at the top of the range.  There is also some extended   
   range of 1610-1710.   
      
   >get there on a digital radio?  I guess that they must be in-band   
   >nowadays.  In the analog era you could generally tune past where the   
   >band should end by a bit.   
      
   Sincerely,   
      
   Gene Wirchenko   
      
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