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Realistic Patrolman 9

The technical side of broadcasting. Think IBOC is a sham? Talk about it here! How about HDTV? Post DX reports here as well.
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Turkeytop
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Realistic Patrolman 9

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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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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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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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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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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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