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From: wb8foz@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (David Lesher)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Undesired radio reception: mechanism?
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Date: 11 Nov 89 02:23:33 GMT
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# I read an intriguing newspaper article yesterday, 
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# concerned the undesired reception by people in the Los Angeles area of
# a radio station's transmissions in the nearby area. 

Ah, the old WLW syndrome..
{warning, third hand story follows. Those sensitive to such may
wish to remove young childern from the area ;-]}

Back before there was an FCC to set the rules, WLW in
Cincinnati used to run a bit more power..... about 500 kw.

Locals will tell you that people with tin roofs heard them.  Farmers
out working on barbed wire fences heard them. (Those who grabbed long
wire fences often felt the burns too!) Cars talked. Some dentists found
out those patients hearing voices in their heads were NOT crazy.  Then
alas, Frank's Cookie Company came along and made them use only 50 kw.
Lots of problems disappeared.

But the fact of the matter is, all it takes to detect AM is a diode.
ANY junction of metal, with a little corrosion will do.  If the
junction is the bridgework in a mouth, with a little acid salivia, even
better! Manufactured diodes are best. The ones in your phone network
work real well, they have several miles of antenna.

Oh, BTW, rumor has it WLW still has the old XMTR, just waiting
for the rules to change again.....
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