Return-Path: Received: (qmail 21745 invoked from network); 14 Sep 2001 13:59:47 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO murphys-inbound.services.quay.plus.net) (212.159.14.225) by excalibur.plus.net with SMTP; 14 Sep 2001 13:59:47 -0000 X-Priority: 3 Received: (qmail 25571 invoked from network); 14 Sep 2001 13:57:43 -0000 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Received: from unknown (HELO post.thorcom.com) (212.172.148.70) by murphys with SMTP; 14 Sep 2001 13:57:43 -0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 3.16 #2) id 15htO2-0000ls-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Fri, 14 Sep 2001 14:52:06 +0100 Received: from mta01.btfusion.com ([62.172.195.11] helo=btclick.com) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 3.16 #2) id 15htO1-0000fZ-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Fri, 14 Sep 2001 14:52:05 +0100 Received: from virgin.net ([213.121.108.218]) by btclick.com (Netscape Messaging Server 4.05) with ESMTP id GJNNST00.G94 for ; Fri, 14 Sep 2001 14:50:53 +0100 Message-ID: <3BA20B56.F035AC76@virgin.net> Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 14:51:19 +0100 From: "Stewart Bryant" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en]C-CCK-MCD (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Subject: Re: LF: General coverage Rx bands (Off Topic) References: <7D653C9C42F5D411A27C00508BF8803D55C5B3@PDW-MAIL-R1> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group Sender: Andrew Talbot wrote: > Off topic I know, but I crave your indulgence :-) > > Looking at the specifications for the IC8500 Communications receiver, I > notice that for the US market the bands 824 - 849 and 867 - 894 are blocked > - obviously it is not allowed to listen to the mobile phone bands in the US > (Is there much analogue mobile-phone traffic there now ?) > I think that there is still quite a lot of analogue in less populated regions. The digital coverage is very variable, particularly the GSM service. Stewart G3YSX