Hi,
A friend has a very nice oriental design
Bruswick Radio / Panotrope. I do not have a model number,
but by the pictures it seems late 30's to early 40's.

The bands are AM, the usual broadcast band, but the FM band
on the dial is 200 - 300. I had a listing somewhere of the early FM band
before it was moved. As I recall it was somewhere in the 40 mHz region.

I can't remember a time or a reason Bruswick would have labled the dial this way.

Any Ideas?

Many Thanks,

Wayne Rosberg

Hi,
FM radio was primarily post-war. The channel markings were an early FCC plan to "assign" numerical channels to the upper frequency range (at that time).

The lower FM region was from 42 Mhz (MC) to the bottom end of the 6 meter Ham band (50 through 54 Mhz). Above the 6 meter Ham band are television channels 2-6 (54 through 88 Mhz).

The channels 200 - 300, are the conventional 88 - 108Mhz (Mc) FM band. Which brings the age of the radio to between 1948 and 1950.

"French Provincial" is similar enough to "Art Deco" design, yet different, plus the fact that radio, householf appliances and car designs did not see major departures from the pre-war designs until 1950 (for the vast majority), which is why your radio looks like a "pre-war" model.

: Hi,
: A friend has a very nice oriental design
: Bruswick Radio / Panotrope. I do not have a model number,
: but by the pictures it seems late 30's to early 40's.

: The bands are AM, the usual broadcast band, but the FM band
: on the dial is 200 - 300. I had a listing somewhere of the early FM band
: before it was moved. As I recall it was somewhere in the 40 mHz region.

: I can't remember a time or a reason Bruswick would have labled the dial this way.

: Any Ideas?

: Many Thanks,

: Wayne Rosberg