Tuning Dial; The Seven Band Ranges Are; Continuous Coverage Bands - Zenith TRANS-OCEANIC H500 Operating Manual

(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-