Return-Path: Received: (qmail 5192 invoked from network); 16 Sep 2001 02:01:52 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO murphys-inbound.services.quay.plus.net) (212.159.14.225) by excalibur.plus.net with SMTP; 16 Sep 2001 02:01:52 -0000 Received: (qmail 7541 invoked from network); 16 Sep 2001 01:59:48 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO post.thorcom.com) (212.172.148.70) by murphys with SMTP; 16 Sep 2001 01:59:48 -0000 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 3.16 #2) id 15iR9G-0003dc-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Sun, 16 Sep 2001 02:55:06 +0100 Received: from [212.95.144.6] (helo=publiconline.co.uk) by post.thorcom.com with smtp (Exim 3.16 #2) id 15iR9F-0003dW-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sun, 16 Sep 2001 02:55:05 +0100 Received: (qmail 15101 invoked from network); 16 Sep 2001 01:53:00 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO default) (213.109.130.248) by 212.95.144.6 with SMTP; 16 Sep 2001 01:53:00 -0000 Message-ID: <032501c13e52$9281b920$f8826dd5@default> From: "Julian Hardstone" To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Subject: LF: French Rx bands ( *still* Off Topic) Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2001 02:42:22 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2014.211 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group Sender: Content-transfer-encoding: 8bit

----- Original Message -----
From: Andrew Talbot
To: LF Group (E-mail)
Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 11:28 AM
Subject: LF: General coverage Rx bands (Off Topic)

(snip)
In this country many years ago, some emergency services used AM in the 100 -
108MHz Band. Since, in practice, with the broadcast receivers around in
those days, the transmissions could be received on just about any broadcast
receiver, the users soon moved, releasing the band up to 108 for local radio
broadcasting.

Andy
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My impression was that they were retained there for the next thirty years, until forced out by commercial pressures, so that the radio regulatory authority (GPO) could accuse hobby pirate broadcasters using any Band II frequency of "interfering with emergency services".
An interesting observation re. the IC8500 however

- Julian