Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] New HAR testing in NY State

["Tim Hall" <timhall1@xxxxxxxxx>]

Interesting... the second letter is probably P.  We drove the Thruway from
Herkimer to Niagara Falls in May and heard several Thruway stations.  None
of those stations had the robotic voice or shaky audio.   73, Tim

On 11/15/07, Barry McLarnon <bdm@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Thursday 15 November 2007 13:18, saulamdx wrote:
> > 1620 WDFS831 NY – 10 Nov 1535 – "WDFS831 1620
> > Kilohertz ... Enn-Y advisory radio." Calls, frequency
> > and words slurred by a computer voice. This is
> > reportedly a station testing for the New York State
> > Thruway. NEW. (SC-BR)
> >
> > I hope I have the calls right. Signal was fair to poor
> > but consistent in late afternoon and early evening.
> > Couldn't find it listed under FCC.
>
> I heard this one today too - quite strong at times, but it's some of
> the worst quality synthesized voice I've ever heard, and very hard to
> decipher.  Here's a clip:
> http://topazdesigns.com/ambc/audio/unid-tis-1620-1544-15nov07.mp3
> The call letters do sound like WDFS831, or maybe WDFX831, and I hear
> "kiloHertz" and "highway advisory radio", but it's generally pretty
> garbled.
>
> I also heard one of the NY Thruway stations I've heard before,
> WPTK490, with much clearer voice announcements.
>
> Barry
>
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> Barry McLarnon  VE3JF  Ottawa, ON
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