FCC Seizes Radio Equipment

[A. Joseph Ross]

On 5/27/2011 10:57 AM, Bob Nelson wrote:
>>> The FM band is immediately ___below___ the VHF aviation band
> I remember having a multi-band radio and it did have "AIR"  with frequencies just above the top of our FM broadcast band. A quick check in Wikipedia says that the band is 108-137 MHz although military aircraft, etc., can use a different band.
>
> I have had situations where I'm listening to an FM station and can suddenly hear an aircraft spur signal. Sometimes it happens at work in N. Reading (under a flight path?), perhaps on 96.9 (I forget exact frequency).

I used to get that frequently when I lived in Bedford (near Hanscom 
Field).  And I had a cheap FM radio which had poor image rejection.

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