Gramin <Gramin@aol.com> Writes :
>Flying up peacefully upcountry with a smile (beaming up ?(:-)) , and tuned to
>a silent FIR VHF channel, our reverie was abruptly disturbed by a 90 db burst
>of dance band music, followed by a stream of French !
>This was around 400nm north of the Channel. Ok this is about the skip distance
>for MF, but amazingly it was still there when the Narco com. and ICOM22 VOR
>were switched off !. Disappeared only when the intercom was muted. Have to
>look at that shielding again, but where's the rectification in it to
>demodulate. Perhaps it has overload protection diodes ? Anyone else had this
>with a Flitecom 2 place unit ?
I have had a similar situation on several occasion when flying on the North
Wales / English boarder. It sounds like a Welsh speaking station comes over
the radio, I have also traced it to the intercom, but in two different
aircraft with different intercoms, one of them is a certified aeroplane
with 'professionally' installed and approved equipment.
Jim
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