SS - the broadcasters have had access to the upper sections of Band II for a number of years now; however, the change is the nature of the agreement between Radio Authorities and Aviation Authorities. I understand that harmonics and intermodulational products are the little devils which will cause the difficulty rather than the fundamental radio frequency on which 'The Sound of WootyB' intends to transmit! Modern kit filters and eliminates the problem; HMFC's dear old receivers don't. It wasn't that long ago that some 4-jets still had to have special frequency-specific ILS crystals fitted to allow approaches at other than their normal bases; the Hamilton Victor prang was, I understand, partly the result of 'not having the right crystal fitted'!!
I haven't yet even turned a VOR/ILS receiver on this year.....I'm glad that the cloudbase was only 500 ft here yesterday as otherwise we would have had to divert to Scotland!
[This message has been edited by BEagle (edited 06 January 2001).]