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March 9th 06, 02:50 PM posted to rec.radio.shortwave

wrote:
I bought a small Lenoxx Sound AM/FM Sports Radio,model PR-37 radio at
the Goodwill store this afternoon.Instead of the usual dial
markings,this radio is marked like this,
AM . . . . .53 . . 65 . . 90 . 120 . . 170 . . X10KHz
FM . . . . . 88 . . 94 . 100 . . 106 . 108 . . . . . MHz

Why those kind of markings? Foreign market radio?

I guess you're talking about the X10kHz stuff. It's the foreign markets
that have 9kHz channel spacing, so leaving off the last digit makes
even less sense for them!

Look at a 60's/70's era "pocket transistor" AM radio. There's a little
thumbwheel for the dial and there really is not room to write out the
full frequency to the last kHz. A common notation was to write some of
the leading digits bigger than others (although that was always
confusing to me, especially because it was often done inconsistently.)

Tim.