One of those apparently little known facts: If you look at the U.S. spectrum, there's a gap between VHF channel 6 and 7. Part of what resides in that gap is the commercial FM radio band. So if it's intended for VHF TV it'll pick up FM radio just fine. I've read what I would consider rumor as to why that occurred historically (as well as why VHF channel 1 no longer exists) but don't have a good reference to cite. Bill -----Original Message----- From: si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Lynne D. Green Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 10:47 PM To: Doug Brooks Cc: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [SI-LIST] Re: What's wrong with this picture? Is that TV antenna really intended to pick up radio stations too? Lynne Doug Brooks wrote: > Sorry about being a little off topic, but I couldn't resist. > > My son took this picture at the local Fry's Electronics store in > Renton, WA. He swears he has not retouched it in any way. Why are we > not surprised at what we see! > > Since I can't send an attachment to this list, here is a direct link > to the picture http://www.ultracad.com/frys.jpg > > Doug Brooks > > > > Check out our resources at http://www.ultracad.com > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To unsubscribe from si-list: > si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field > > or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: > //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list > > For help: > si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field > > > List technical documents are available at: > http://www.si-list.net > > List archives are viewable at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list > > Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: > http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.net List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.net List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu