Posted by Wayne Parham [ 70.234.98.42 ] on February 15, 2008 at 00:28:25:

In Reply to: Re: 1944 Philco Radio posted by Shane on February 14, 2008 at 23:03:35:

Very cool, Shane. The "KC" on the dial means KiloCycles, same as KiloHertz. Tune in 710 on that puppy at midnight and you'll be listeing to the Art Bell show on KGNC. Similarly, "MC" means MegaCycles, which means you can tune in the shortwave band. I think old tube radios that tune shortwave are especially cool. And some of them are incredibly sensitive, surprisingly so. My TransOceanics pull in everything and rival the best modern receivers in sensitivity, selectivity and even stability. You'd expect the old radios would drift more than the new ones, and some old radios do. But the best ones are surprising how well they do.

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