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Realistic Patrolman 9

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Turkeytop
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Realistic Patrolman 9

Post by Turkeytop » Mon Mar 06, 2023 1:19 am

Radio Shack had this multi-band radio back in the late 70s early 80s.
I tried one out at our local store. It was about 6:00 PM but it was winter and dark out already. The guy let me take it out into the mall parking lot to test it. I loved it. It was a really hot radio. But I had no money back then so I just took it back into the store and thanked the guy for letting me try it.

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Re: Realistic Patrolman 9

Post by bmw » Wed Mar 08, 2023 5:28 pm

I've always liked the look of those 70s multiband radios. Unfortunately from what I've read a lot of them are junk. That PatrolMan looks interesting.

This is one of my favorite looking ones:

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Re: Realistic Patrolman 9

Post by km1125 » Wed Mar 08, 2023 6:22 pm

I think we had the Patrolman 9, or something very similar to it. My mom liked to listen to the police and fire, after watching shows like EMERGENCY! and ADAM-12. I remember the two antennas on the top. It probably shows up in some of the old pictures.



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Re: Realistic Patrolman 9

Post by Round Six » Wed Mar 08, 2023 7:58 pm

bmw wrote:
Wed Mar 08, 2023 5:28 pm
I've always liked the look of those 70s multiband radios. Unfortunately from what I've read a lot of them are junk.
The couple I had did not have much selectivity. Which was kinda neat on VHF. I could get in local PD and the sheriff without turning the knob.


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Re: Realistic Patrolman 9

Post by km1125 » Sun Mar 26, 2023 1:59 pm

Ran across an old pic from the 70's as I was converting a bunch of slides to digital.

Looks like the Patrolman 9, or very similar...

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