Zenith TRANS-OCEANIC H500 - Tuning Dial and Band Information

(See
Figure
6.)
Study
the
dial
carefully.
The
broadcast
band
is
cali-
brated
in
kilocycles
with
the
zeros
deleted
for
convenience.
This is
the
white
bottom
scale
indicated by
the lower
half
of
the
pointer.
The
shortwave
bands
are
spread
and
calibrated
in
megacycles,
four
are
located
on
the
upper half of
the
dial
scale
and two
in
the
lower
half.
Read
with the
upper
half
or
lower
half of the
pointer
whichever
the
case
may
be.
THE
SEVEN
BAND
RANGES
ARE:
555M to
188M
STANDARD
BROADCAST
540Kc to
1600Kc
75M
to 38M
WEATHER
BAND
4Mc to
8Mc
150Mto
75M
WEATHER
BAND
2Mc
to
4Mc
16M
SHORTWAVE
17.5Mc to
18.lMc
19M
SHORTWAVE
l4.9Mc to
15.5Mc
25M
SHORTWAVE
11.6Mc to
12.0Mc
31M
SHORTWAVE
9-4Mc
to
9.8Mc
(M
indicates
Meters;
Kc
indicates
Kilocycles;
Mc
indicates
Megacycles.)
5.
CONTINUOUS
COVERAGE
BANDS
This
portable
has
continuous
coverage
from
2
to 4
megacycles
(150
to
75
meters)
and
4
to 8
megacycles
(75
to
38
meters).
The
continuous
coverage
band
can be
used
by
sportsmen,
yachts-
men
and
others
operating
boats
in the
Great
Lakes,
Pacific
Coast,
Atlantic
Coast,
Gulf
of
Mexico
and
Caribbean
Sea areas.
By
tuning
to
the
proper
frequency
at the
scheduled
time as
listed
in the
Weather
Broadcast
Schedule
(Weather
Broadcast
Schedules
are
in
the
back
por-
tion
of
this
book)
they
will be
able to
obtain
exact
up-to-the-minute
as
well as
predicted
weather
reports
for the
areas
in which
they
are
operat-
ing.
These
weather
reports
are
vitally
important in
continuing
or
plan-