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February 13th 06, 09:27 PM posted to rec.radio.scanner

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says...
Hello:

new at his.

Found the following freq's that apparently my town utilizes.

Are the modes fm for Both, or... ?

39.560 MHz
123.000

The 123.0 one is particularly perplexing for me, as I thought that puts it
in the middle of the AM band,
which I always thought would be just for aero. Would a Town service use AM
rather than fm ? Why, if so ?

Thanks,
B.

The mode for 39.560 is narrow FM, or on most scanners, just FM.

The mode for 123 is almost certainly AM, in the Aircraft band. A lot of
comms on the Air band are very hard to understand. Between the weird
jargon, and the people eating the mike when they talk, and the limited
bandwidth, sometimes it's a guess as to what they are saying.

You should be able to find a freq list for your area, and it will tall
you what it is exactly. Check at Radio Shack, for a freq list, or just
do search for whaevertown scanner freqs or whatevercounty scanner freqs,
and you should find a lot.

Also, lots of good info at..

http://www.strongsignals.net/index.cgi

BDK