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Old January 20th 04, 03:18 PM
Maximus
 
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Hi Matteo,
Aircraft and police operate on VHF and UHF frequencies, which are usually
only availalable on scanners or high end table top models. Some portables do
have aircraft and weather and even TV, but few carry police. Some high end
scanners do have a tremendous frequency range, so they would cover VLF to
UHF so that you could monitor Longwave, AM broadcast, Shortwave and weather,
TV and on up into police bands.

"Matteo" wrote in message
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I would like to get a radio (preferably Sony) that has the same specs as

FM: 88-108 Mhz
AM: 530-1700 Khz
TV 1: Channels 2-6 TV sound
TV 2: Channels 7-13 TV sound
Aircraft: 112-140 Mhz Commercial air
VHF: 145-174 Mhz Taxi, police, business radio ..............you need

145 - 900 Mhz
Weather band: 162.4-162.55 Mhz NOAA
SW1: 4-9 Mhz AM foreign, amateur
SW2: 9-14 Mhz AM foreign, amateur
SW3: 14-19 Mhz AM foreign, amateur
SW4: 19-24 Mhz AM foreign, amateur

like the following product http://www.baproducts.com/sm837d.htm


I was planning on buying a SONY ICF-SW35 with the following specs

Frequency RangeFM
: 76.0-108MHzLW ............ FM
: 150-285kHzAM (MW) ............ AM (MW)
: 530-1710kHzSW ............ AM (MW) am extends from 530 -

1710
: 2250-26100kHz ............ SW extends from 1710 - 30.00


Will I be able to get taxi, police? Can you guys recommend a good radio
that can get FM,AM,TV 1-2, Aircraft, Weather, SW1-4. Thanks

--Matteo