Re: Fadeout during today's LTAR

[Eli Polonsky <elipolo@earthlink.net>]

It was briefly mentioned by the engineer at the beginning of the show that
there were problems with the tape. There were no variations in signal
strength readings on my receiver, but the tape sounded like garbage through
most of the show. 

The hissing you were hearing was tape hiss, not static from a weak signal.
The compression in the airchain was attempting to bring the audio level of
the muffled, muddy tape up to spec, and most all it could bring up was tape
hiss because of the malfunctioning recording.

Eli Polonsky


> Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2001 01:33:08 -0500
> From: "A. Joseph Ross" <lawyer@attorneyross.com>
> Subject: Fadeout during today's LTAR
> 
> Did anyone besides me experience a big fade-out of WJIB's signal during
> this morning's LTAR?  At first I thought it was the radio I was using,
> but when I turned on another radio, I had the same problem.  The voices
> were weak and drowned out by the hissing sound of a weak signal.
> 
> The signal reached full strength for the ending announcement of LTAR and
> came in loud and clear for Euroquest.  Maybe something went wrong with
> the tape, or with the tape player that was being used for LTAR.
> 
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