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From: rees@pisa.ifs.umich.edu (Jim Rees)
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Subject: Re: Unbreakable Dialtones
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In article <16717@accuvax.nwu.edu>, ap373@cleveland.freenet.edu (Pete
J. Bowden) writes:

> ... I called my house once when this intermittent condition was
> occurring and the best way to explain it was that the person on my
> phone sounded like Mickey mouse.

I'm familiar with the Donald Duck effect, which is usually caused by a
carrier system (ssb) demodulator being off-frequency.  But what kind
of fault could cause a Mickey Mouse effect?