-=> Quoting Wayne Chirnside to Roy J. Tellason <=-

 > a truely comical exchange between the Treasure Island Florida
 > P.D. and some P.D. in Kentucky.
 > Strange skip conditions allowed each to hear the other and the
 > Treasure Island cops made fun of the Kentucky P.D. officers
 > thick deep hills accents which prompted a rather entertaining
 > exchange with colorful profanity from both sides 


 When PDs were using AM around 2,490kc (Los Angeles was on an
 even lower frequency), we heard skip from coast to coast.

 Armchair cops could tune a standard broadcast receiver to an
 image frequency and listen to dispatch. In my community they
 could tune a TV to either channel 4 or channel 5 and listen
 to the units in the field talking to dispatch.

 I was performing my Naval Reserve 2-week summer duty at
 NavyMars in 1973 when we received pallets and pallets of
 old LAPD mobile units.  The director of NavyMars had no
 idea what they were, but thought maybe they could be used
 for hams.  He didn't know they were HF AM receivers about
 160meters and VHF FM transmitters about 4meters.  

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