Any Newer Car Radios That Tune down to 87.1

[DJboutit]

Are there any newer decent cae radios that tune down as low as 87.1 by
chance just wondering.

[Scott Gardner]

On Tue, 25 Oct 2005 03:53:43 GMT, "DJboutit" >
wrote:

>Are there any newer decent cae radios that tune down as low as 87.1 by
>chance just wondering.
>

Probably not. FM radio is from 88 Mhz to 108 Mhz, so there's no
reason for a digital tuner to even attempt to tune anything outside
that range.

On the older analog-dial units, you could sometimes tune outside of
the FM range and pick up the audio portion of TV Channel 6 or Channel
7, but I've never seen a digital tuner that would go below 87.9 or so.

In Japan, the FM band starts at 76 Mhz, so you might be able to find a
Japanese-domestic radio that would tune that low, but I don't know if
their frequency spacing is the same as ours.

--
Scott Gardner

"Sense is not cognition but sensation." (Douglas Robinson)

[Spike]

On Tue, 25 Oct 2005 00:34:34 -0400, Scott Gardner >
wrote:

>On Tue, 25 Oct 2005 03:53:43 GMT, "DJboutit" >
>wrote:
>
>>Are there any newer decent cae radios that tune down as low as 87.1 by
>>chance just wondering.
>>
>
>Probably not. FM radio is from 88 Mhz to 108 Mhz, so there's no
>reason for a digital tuner to even attempt to tune anything outside
>that range.
>
>On the older analog-dial units, you could sometimes tune outside of
>the FM range and pick up the audio portion of TV Channel 6 or Channel
>7, but I've never seen a digital tuner that would go below 87.9 or so.
>
>In Japan, the FM band starts at 76 Mhz, so you might be able to find a
>Japanese-domestic radio that would tune that low, but I don't know if
>their frequency spacing is the same as ours.
Depending on country, freqs can be reversed or off set from North
America... i.e. what is commercial radio here might be military or
civil service.... as established by each countries own version of the
FCC. Not sure what the Euros do now with the Union. US military
operating outside the US runs into this condition.
--
Spike
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[Chad Wahls]

Got a friend with a "radio station" :)

"DJboutit" > wrote in message
...
> Are there any newer decent cae radios that tune down as low as 87.1 by
> chance just wondering.
>
>

[Greg]

"Scott Gardner" > wrote in message
...
> On Tue, 25 Oct 2005 03:53:43 GMT, "DJboutit" >
> wrote:
>
>>Are there any newer decent cae radios that tune down as low as 87.1 by
>>chance just wondering.
>>
>
> Probably not. FM radio is from 88 Mhz to 108 Mhz, so there's no
> reason for a digital tuner to even attempt to tune anything outside
> that range.
>
> On the older analog-dial units, you could sometimes tune outside of
> the FM range and pick up the audio portion of TV Channel 6 or Channel
> 7, but I've never seen a digital tuner that would go below 87.9 or so.
>
> In Japan, the FM band starts at 76 Mhz, so you might be able to find a
> Japanese-domestic radio that would tune that low, but I don't know if
> their frequency spacing is the same as ours.
>
> --
> Scott Gardner
>
> "Sense is not cognition but sensation." (Douglas Robinson)
>

Yes, Jap. FM is 76-90Mhz, there is a lot of these units here (NZ) from
imported cars. Our band is 88-108 also. A "Band Expander" can be used inline
to up the freq. to the head unit. Maybe there is something available to work
the other way.

Greg.