FM Converter

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FM Converter

4SPEED427 · A Poncho Legend!

I had one years ago. Wasn't it about 1300 or something?

Laurentian · Addicted!

Never heard of one. Where did you get it? how much?

Pontiacanada · A Poncho Legend!

I have a working one that I took out of my car. Small little Audiovox one. I don't know anything about operating frequencies.
I remember they used to be super cheap (around $30). You could get them at Radio Shack in the '80s, I don't know about now.

-- Edited by Pontiacanada on Wednesday 1st of September 2010 05:48:41 PM

gparis7 · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

It's a spot at the very high end of the am range like 1410. Best way to check it out is to tune the converter visually to a station number you know, then fiddle with the tuning dial up in the high ranges of the am radio until you get a signal, then fine tune the AM and the converter in that sequence.

-- Edited by gparis7 on Wednesday 1st of September 2010 08:13:32 PM

norontcan · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

These show up at flea markets on an irregular basis. I have friend who I have picked up a couple for. Usually under $10.
They do work but not with the clarity we're used to from todays modern systems ( remember they are still mono ). But are a period type accessory, if you don't want to spend the bucks updating your cars audio system to AM/FM/CD/MP3.

beaumontguru · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

I have an NOS brand new Audiovox one still with instructions(NOT for sale)

It says to tune to 1400 on the AM dial of your car radio.

4SPEED427 · A Poncho Legend!

I thought it was somewhere over at that end of the dial. Just a few too many gray hairs to remember the number exactly!

dualquadpete · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

This thread brought back some memorys, had one of those in my 69 Dodge Adventurer Pick Up, we thought we had hit the "big" time having F/M back then. I do remember being near the air port in Oshawa & you could listen in to the tower at one end of the F/M band, & yes 1400 was where you tuned the A/M radio

Ghost Post · Poncho Master!

We had a few of these and thought we really had something too...especially with those liquid cooled Base-48 speakers!.

DQPete...did you grow up in the 'Shwa?.
I lived there as a kid, NE edge.

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seventy2plus2 · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

as an aside, what I picked up last winter was an FM converter that's the shape of an 8 track tape, and it goes into an 8 track player.

bob53 · Addicted!

If anyone is looking for one here's one

dualquadpete · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

Ghost Post wrote:

We had a few of these and thought we really had something too...especially with those liquid cooled Base-48 speakers!.

DQPete...did you grow up in the 'Shwa?.
I lived there as a kid, NE edge.

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Pete, I grew up [ wife says I haven't ] in the east end of TO the Beaches area. Moved out to Blackstock in 73 & still here. 25.min north of the "Swah"

Ghost Post · Poncho Master!

dualquadpete wrote:

Ghost Post wrote:

We had a few of these and thought we really had something too...especially with those liquid cooled Base-48 speakers!.

DQPete...did you grow up in the 'Shwa?.
I lived there as a kid, NE edge.

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Pete, I grew up [ wife says I haven't ] in the east end of TO the Beaches area. Moved out to Blackstock in 73 & still here. 25.min north of the "Swah"

Yep I know Blackstock pretty well as we moved to Tyrone when 'high' school age..
What ever happened to that BB 'Vette buddy from the implement dealer had?.

It was you that was SM at Whitby Toy right?.
What years was that as I was SM at Durham Automobiles in the late 80's/early 90's when we were the M'Benz, Volvo and Mazda house..

And cool on the beaches thing!.
Is the 'Goof' restaurant still around?.

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