On 02-04-98 Joe Nicholson wrote to David Pratt... 
 
 JN> Police in the U.S. also used frequencies around 2Mc (as we called it
 JN> in the old days).  My city police department shared 2,490Kcs with at 
 JN> least 12 agencies, including the county sheriff, the fire department, 
 JN> the state highway patrol, the county coroner, and several other city 
 JN> police departments.  Before we had private line decoding, departments 
 JN> from the Mississippi River were heard all the way west into San 
 JN> Diego. 
 
 My love of and fascination with radio began when I was quite young, 
 tuning and listening to a table-top tube type radio.. real wood 
 case, etc.. I found I could tune just above the highest broadcast 
 frequency (probably around 1650kc or just above) and receive the 
 Houston Police Department.  I'd listen for hours for the calls 
 which came every 5 or 10 minutes ..and I suppose had I not been 
 fiddling and by chance heard that first call I'd never known they 
 were there.  Listening above the music, news and soap operas 
 instilled a life-long interest in radio for me.  My first "real 
 shortwave radio" after growing up and going to work was a 
 Hallicrafters S-38D, followed by an S-40.  That led to Cb's, 
 scanners and ham radio.  I'm now 63 and still fascinated by what 
 lies above 1600kc! 
 
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