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From: briand@tekig1.UUCP (Brian Diehm)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: Background Noise in Stereo
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Date: Wed, 15-Aug-84 14:55:23 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug 15 14:55:23 1984
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     Actually, if you are in the North/Central Calif area, there *IS* an AM
radio station that broadcasts in Russian - cultural stuff.  This probably is
what you are getting.  I have heard the station on my AM tuner in Lake Oswego,
just south of Portland, OR, albeit faintly with noise.  Curious, I listened
long enough to ascertain that the station DOES broadcast call letters in English
and that the content of the programming seems to be White Russian/immigrant
cultural - I caught many religious references.  I also don't speak Russian, so
they could be fooling me! :-)  Their call letter announcement also identified
their locale; though I don't remember precisely I believe it was in Marin Co.

     I don't *THINK* it's a Communist Plot!  There is a small Russian immigrant
community in the region that dates WAY back - 1700s or so.

     As for how to fix it, this knowledge won't help.  But at least you'll
know to follow the same general procedures as others who are near AM sources -
I believe one person in this newsgroup, discussing house wiring for speakers,
mentioned he once lived 2 blocks from an AM station.  Perhaps this individual
would be able to give us all pointers on fighting interference - CB and AM in
particular?

-Brian Diehm
Tektronix, Inc.