hpa@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Peter Anvin) (12/20/90)
>A former friend of mine in >Bloomingdale Illinios had the unfortunate problem being served by a CO >that is close to the transmit tower for a FM radio station. Somehow >the radio program found it's way into the local loops. >[Moderator's Note: Sometime take a drive out near Wheaton, IL where >two powerhouse radio stations (WGN - 720 AM and WBBM - 780 AM) have >their transmitters within about a quarter-mile of each other. WMAQ-AM (670 kHz) has their tower in Glendale Heights, IL, next town from Bloomingdale. I never had any problems while living in Bloomingdale, but every time I call my girlfriend in Itasca, IL (about eight miles from WMAQ) I get WMAQ in the background. She has two phones (on the same line). If both are unhooked for some reason (e.g. family gettign annoyed over the phone line beig tied up), the interference gets so powerful I can hear nothing *but* the radio. When only one phone is off-hook, it is bearable, probably around the 8-10 dB under voice level you mentioned. H. Peter Anvin +++ A Strange Stranger +++ N9ITP/SM4TKN +++ INTERNET: hpa@casbah.acns.nwu.edu FIDONET: 1:115/989.4 BITNET: HPA@NUACC RBBSNET: 8:970/101.4