-=> Quoting Joe Paulson to All <=-

 JP> I'm trying to record on a cassette,a distant FM station at 
 JP> 89.3 Mhz  located between 2 strong stations.
 JP> 
 JP> I have a Bearcat Scanner and with the transition of Emergency
 JP> radio to 800 Mhz,I was wondering if I could get a FM crystal
 JP> for 89.3 Mhz.A shop owner said that the crystal would cost
 JP> a lot and the scanner wouldn't work in this FM range.
 JP> Is this correct?

 FM broadcast deviation is +/- 75Khz with a 25Khz guard band
 on each side.  That is why FM stations are spaced 100Khz.

 Deviation at 150-174Mhz is only 5Khz because only speech is
 being transmitted -- no music.  There are other differences
 in both transmitters and receivers between broadcast and PS.
 The Bearcat sure doesn't have stereo decoding circuits.
  
 Thus you wouldn't get diddly squat from the Bearcat even if
 you could afford a crystal for it.

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