Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!casbah.acns.nwu.edu!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: bernhold@qtp.ufl.edu (David E. Bernholdt) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Phones and Radio Broadcasting Message-ID: <15559@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 20 Dec 90 17:46:13 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Reply-To: "David E. Bernholdt" Organization: University of Florida Quantum Theory Project Lines: 33 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 895, Message 4 of 11 In article <15512@accuvax.nwu.edu> motcid!segal@uunet.uu.net (Gary Segal) writes: >X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 890, Message 7 of 11 >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. >All the telephones in the area have special filters on them provided by IBT. There is also a WBBM/AM transmitter in Elk Grove Village, IL. A friend of mine lived (essentially) across the street from it. When you picked up his phone, you heard WBBM instead of a dial tone, but once you dialed an made a connetion, the line was quite clear. Can anyone tell me why once the connection was completed the line would be so clear? I have no idea if there were any special filters on the phone or anything like that. This was about ten years ago, if that makes any difference in technology/equipment. P.S. He could also get WBBM on his toaster. Lots of RF around there! David Bernholdt bernhold@qtp.ufl.edu Quantum Theory Project bernhold@ufpine.bitnet University of Florida Gainesville, FL 32611 904/392 6365