On Aug 28, 7:52*am, Station X wrote:
Can any one here tell me what the SW / LW / MW / FM band limits are
for European cars. I'm in Australia. We have a large public perception
that radio is only on AM or FM. SW or LW doesn't get on the radar
scope here.

Needless to say AM radios produced for cars destin for here are
usually 521 - 1602 khz with 9khz spacing. FM the usual 87.5 - 108.

These days we have a growing awareness of a special little part of the
band we use for Narrowband Area Services. These aren't technically
though of as broadcasting services and are 400 watts. Car radio people
have moved to accomodate this and car radios in the last few years are
becoming common that go up to 1701khz in 9khz spacing. Not 10 like the
US.

Also it has come to my attention that Mercedese 4WD's M Class have
radios in them that do SW / LW / MW / FM in them. They are driving
around our streets in Australia. I would say it's probably just the
European model.

Does any one here know the exact specs on these radios? Where do the
bands start and stop for their parts of the world? It would be really
interesting to know what freqs on SW they can get too.

Regards

From downunder

Becker CR-21
AM/FM/SW/LW, Shortwave Bands 19/22/25/31/41/49,
http://www.continentalimports.com/cr21.html
Shortwave Bands 19m 22m 25m 31m 41m 49m

Shortwave [SW] Frequency -translation- eTon Corp.
http://www.etoncorp.com/shortwavetutorial
49 m = 5.950-6.200 MHz = 5,950-6,200 kHz
41 m = 7.100-7.600 MHz = 7,100-7,600 kHz
31 m = 9.200-9.900 MHz = 9,500-9,900 kHz
25 m = 11.600-12.200 MHz = 11,600-12,100 kHz
22 m = 13.570-13.870 MHz = 13,570-13,870 kHz
19 m = 15.100-15.800 MHz = 15,100-15,800 kHz