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From: ar4@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Piper Keairnes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Is it a modem -- or a radio?!
Summary: Radio stations & phone lines
Keywords: radio modem help
Message-ID: <3964@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>
Date: 11 Sep 89 01:37:36 GMT
References: <22020@cup.portal.com>
Reply-To: ar4@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Piper Keairnes)
Organization: Purdue University
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	In response to the person receiving radio broadcasting on his
modem...

	I have had the same problem with noisy telephone lines.  The lines
were clear until some contractors dug a ditch in front of my house one
sunny afternoon. In that ditch was what remained of my street's phone lines.
They decided to patch it themselves and save the cost of paying the telephone
company to repair the wiring.  They were apparently unsuccessful in 
patching the wiring because from that day on, we received a very strong
broadcast signal from WLW and Voice of America (both less than 5 miles away).

	The noise you are receiving is most likely the result of the
unshielded wiring or a poor patch job. Best cure: ATM0 (modem command to
turn the speaker off on a Hayes compatible)

	-- Piper Keairnes