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Subject:Re: Do European FM Radios work in North America?
From:Bruce Grove
Date:Tue, 14 Aug 2001 22:41:54 -0700

David wrote:
> I am importing a Multivan from Germany and they are offering to sell me
the
> CD-Changer / Radio setup.  Do the German FM radios work correctly in North
> America.  Why I ask is here the spacing is 0.2MHz i.e. 95.7, 95.9, 96.1,
> 96.3 etc where in Europe it is 0.1Mhz (95.5, 95.6, 95.7 etc).
>

I have a US radio that I take back to the UK (from whence I came) and it
works
fine.  A European one will work fine in the US, we just like to try and cram
more
into our waves hence the narrower spacing.

Bruce

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