by TC Chris » Thu Dec 21, 2023 1:27 am
You sent me back down the rabbit hole with that comment. Eventually I reached the 1948 list. It's interesting--the town I grew up in, Bay City, shows an FM station for the local AM broadcaster but it did not actually show up until later. I recall my uncle, a ham radio operator, visiting and bringing a basic Packard-Bell tuner, saying to my Dad, "Here, you can listen to that new FM station." That was about 1960, I'm guessing.
The tuner is basic--a two-gang tuning cap and a bunch of IF or limiting transformers. It ought to work better than it does. I've still got it.
Chris Campbell
You sent me back down the rabbit hole with that comment. Eventually I reached the 1948 list. It's interesting--the town I grew up in, Bay City, shows an FM station for the local AM broadcaster but it did not actually show up until later. I recall my uncle, a ham radio operator, visiting and bringing a basic Packard-Bell tuner, saying to my Dad, "Here, you can listen to that new FM station." That was about 1960, I'm guessing.
The tuner is basic--a two-gang tuning cap and a bunch of IF or limiting transformers. It ought to work better than it does. I've still got it.
Chris Campbell