Re: [IRCA] 1490 CBS network feed stuck
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Re: [IRCA] 1490 CBS network feed stuck




--- On Wed, 12/17/08, Bill Whitacre <bw@xxxxxxx> wrote:


> So I'm listening to a Perseus TOH session from 12/13 @
> 5pm EST and on 1490, out of the 'pile' comes a 800Hz
> test tone for a few seconds and then the announcement
> "CBS radio network, studio 42."
> 
> It goes on for the whole 5 minutes of my 'tape.'
> 
> Anybody ever hear this before on 1490?
> 
> We hear it sometimes when we have feed problems on
> VOA/RFE/RFA programs at work.  It's not funny then.  ;-)
> 
> bw
> 
> ---
> 
> Bill Whitacre
> bw@xxxxxxx
> 



It's quite common on the GY frequencies. I've probably heard it a few times on each of them over the past decade or so.

Russ Edmunds
Blue Bell, PA ( 360' ASL )
[15 mi NNW of Philadelphia]
40:08:45N; 75:16:04W, Grid FN20id
<wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>
FM: Yamaha T-80 & Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15'
AM: Modified Sony ICF 2010 barefoot


      
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