Return-Path: Received: (qmail 10663 invoked from network); 14 Sep 2001 11:33:57 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO murphys-inbound.services.quay.plus.net) (212.159.14.225) by excalibur-qfe1-smtp-plusnet.harl.plus.net with SMTP; 14 Sep 2001 11:33:57 -0000 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Received: (qmail 18384 invoked from network); 14 Sep 2001 11:31:54 -0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Received: from unknown (HELO post.thorcom.com) (212.172.148.70) by murphys with SMTP; 14 Sep 2001 11:31:54 -0000 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 3.16 #2) id 15hr10-0007th-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Fri, 14 Sep 2001 12:20:10 +0100 Received: from yoda.han.telia.se ([131.116.44.27] helo=tms1.han.telia.se) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 3.16 #2) id 15hr0z-0007tc-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Fri, 14 Sep 2001 12:20:09 +0100 Received: from localhost (root@localhost) by tms1.han.telia.se (8.9.3 (PHNE_18546)/8.8.6) with ESMTP id NAA03327 for ; Fri, 14 Sep 2001 13:19:26 +0200 (METDST) X-OpenMail-Hops: 1 Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 13:19:26 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: French FM connection... [LF: General coverage Rx bands (Off Topic)] MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Karl-Arne.A.Markstrom@telia.se To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline; Creation-Date=Fri, 14 Sep 2001 13:19:26 +0200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group Sender: Andy wrote: BUT, for the French market only, the band 87.5 - 108MHz is blocked. That is allocated internationally to VHF FM broadcasting so why ? If memory serves me right, there is/was a special fee levied in France when consumer radio equipment that covered the FM broadcast band is/was sold, so to evade this, non-consumer radio equipment does not cover this band. 73/ Karl-Arne Markstrom SM0AOM =================== Senior Radio Engineer Maritime Networks Telia Mobile AB Nacka Strand Sweden Phone +46-8-6017171, Mobile phone +46-70-6636575 Fax +46-8-6017959