Re: Newton residents kick up fuss about 'WNUR' site expansion proposal

[Ron Bello <RBello@BelloAssoc.com>]

Link is:
http://www.townonline.com/newton/news/local_regional/new_covneradiotowersdsms06032003.htm


At 09:22 AM 6/5/03 -0400, BriMatt1@aol.com wrote:
>Years ago I was CE of 1510 with its notorious transmitter site in 
>Waltham...we dealt with many different types of interference (we had a 
>database in my 5 years there of over 2,000 RFI calls), the likes of which 
>I've not seen at any prior station or any since.
>
>While the link to this article didn't seem to work, I suspect that this is 
>similar to something which we had seen back in Waltham where we dealt with 
>water pipes picking up the signals and acting as a speaker through a heat 
>radiator.  I suspect that this is similar where the pipes are picking up 
>the RF and they are "hearing" it out of the toilet.  Poor solder joints in 
>the plumbing can act as a "detector" and pick up an AM signal, as one 
>example of a reason.
>
>It's a strange phenomenon, but after my time at 1510, I am not surprised 
>by ANYTHING I ever hear about with interference.
>
>
>John Kennedy
>Director of Engineering
>Entercom Boston, LLC
>WAAF - WEEI - WRKO - WQSX - WVEI