[Lowfer] Spectran question

[Dexter McIntyre W4DEX]

John Andrews wrote:
>> 1004 Hz is what my ears can best pull out of the noise.
>>
>> I suspect there may be a few on the group who knows why.
>
> A common affliction among old (and I do mean old) telephone guys. <g>
You are only two years behind Mr. Medicare, or soon to be medicare man.

 From long long ago:

http://www.w4dex.com/gallery/Lowfers-Early-Years/John_Andrews_1
>
> I remember having trouble with a a broadcast loop back in the '70s. I 
> was out at the transmitter site, and there was a nice 400 Hz General 
> Radio audio generator in the rack. I patched it into the line to see 
> if the guy at the C.O. could hear it. He wanted to know what the "hum" 
> was. Guess they only responded to 1004.
Yes, 400 cps is hum.

Dex