"John R. Copeland" wrote in
:

No, Stan, it was 3023.5 kHz AM, in the HF Aeronautical Mobile band,
which spans 2850-3155 kHz even to this day.

You're right, I was having momentary retreating brain stall. 3 to 30 MHz,
not kHz, is the HF band. 3025 kHz is near the bottom of the band.

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Regards,

Stan