Newsgroups: rec.radio.shortwave
Date:         Thu, 10 Sep 1992 11:27:36 -0400
Reply-To:     "Glenn C. Lasher" <GL8574@BROCK1P.BITNET>
From:         "Glenn C. Lasher" <GL8574@BROCK1P.BITNET>
Subject:      WWCR

Will Martin <wmartin@STL-06SIMA.ARMY.MIL> writes:

>I've noticed a rather odd form of interference on WWCR's signal which no
>one has mentioned on the net yet. It's audible on my tapes of programs
>from them, too. It's not the dead carrier, nor the RTTY, both previously
>described, but I have a hard time finding the right words to describe it.

I mentioned this just a few days ago.  The words you used to
describe this sound are exactly what I heard when trying to listen
to Signals, WoR, RNI and HoT.  I noticed that WJCR and VOA came in
perfectly while this was going on here in Brockport, NY.  When I
posted last week I did get a few responses, most of them attributing
to propigation.  I re-responded explaining why I didn't think that
was the case and was met with dead silence (don't you hate that?).
I don't know what to think at this point.

Scott Fybush <fybush@UNIXLAND.NATICK.MA.US> responded:

>I haven't seen anyone else from New England posting on this, but
>my experience here in Waltham MA is that the RTTY is never heard here.
>I was badly hit by the propagation gremlins last October when SIGNALS
>had to re-run the entire show.  I wasn't taping August 29th, so I
>don't know how bad propagation was that night, but I've just finished
perfectly while this was going on here in Brockport, NY.  When I
posted last week I did get a few responses, most of them attributing
to propigation.  I re-responded explaining why I didn't think that
was the case and was met with dead silence (don't you hate that?).
I don't know what to think at this point.

Scott Fybush <fybush@UNIXLAND.NATICK.MA.US> responded:

>I haven't seen anyone else from New England posting on this, but
>my experience here in Waltham MA is that the RTTY is never heard here.
>I was badly hit by the propagation gremlins last October when SIGNALS
>had to re-run the entire show.  I wasn't taping August 29th, so I
>don't know how bad propagation was that night, but I've just finished
>listening to my tape of the Sept. 5 SIGNALS, and the last 20 minutes
>is plagued by very low signal level and a loud buzzing.  I've not
>ruled out the possibility that another apartment in my building
>turned on the fluorescent light or something at that point, so this
>may not have anything to do with WWCR at all.  Anyone else up
>this way hear a buzz that night?

I heard a buzz, a gurgle, a bit of flanging, etc.  The bottom line,
though, is that the signal from WWCR was unusable most of the time
during this interference, and when it was usable, it led me to great
listening fatigue.

>Anyone care to tell me why the SIGNALS folks never called to say hi
>when they visited Boston?  (okay, so I'm not in the book, but even so...):-)

They should know your number anyway, shouldn't they?

>And can anyone possibly explain why WWCR stays on 7435 when the
>frequency is so pathetically bad for them so often?

It worked fine as recently as a year ago!  I think someone is
playing games with them and their listeners.

>Inquiring (or maybe just tired) minds want to know.

Make that sick and tired.
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1306B Gordon Hall                    Internet:  GL8574@acspr1.acs.brockport.edu
SUNY Brockport                                  glasher@nyx.cs.du.edu
Brockport, NY   14420
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