ChrisCoaster wrote:

But there's something I don't understand.

If this noise is a "cue tone", then why is it occuring in the middle of
the "Local on the 8s", right after the voice-over announces "Our local
doppler radar"?

Aren't these forecasts seen at exactly 8, 18, 28, and so on, past the
hour - across the entire US?

For a more accurate description of the sound, turn your bicycle upside
down, spin the rear wheel good and fast, take a straw or twig, and let
it hit the spokes - interemittently.
t-t-t-t-t.......t-t-t-t-t-t...t-t-t--t-t- etc. Right as the doppler
radar shows.

-CC

I can't get the Weather Channel right now. Tell me, do you hear the
buzz when there is bright white computer generated text on the screen?
The modulator at the CATV head end may be set a little too high and the
over modulation causes an intercarrier buzz. The modulation for
services like that should be set at 95 % to give a little headroom for
variations in the received signal. Most of the techs are in a hurry and
just tweak it to 100% on normal video rather than wait to see if the
level is stable.

Been there, done that, wore out both the HBO and United Video Tee
shirts. ;-)

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Link to my "Computers for disabled Veterans" project website deleted
after threats were telephoned to my church.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida