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Subject:Re: Electric noise in radio
From:Austin
Date:Sun, 29 Mar 1998 21:52:36 -0800

At 06:27 AM 3/29/98 -0800, you wrote:
>I have an interesting anomaly that I want to throw out for the group to
>chew on. My Syncro runs fine, however I can hear all the electrical
>activity thru the radio. I park my van nose in to a wall. When I start
>the motor, with the radio on, the static is so bad I can hardly hear
>what's being said on the radio. If I turn on the headlights the static is
>cut in half. When I pull away from the wall the static is also cut
>considerably. As the engine warms, the static is diminished. When I turn
>on the turn signal or even push on the brake, I hear a "tic" when the
>lights cycle on and off. And there seems to be more static when the
>weather is clear than when it's raining. A while back I bought my wife a
>stuffed duck that would "Quack" three different tunes when you squeezed
>its toe. On the way home, with the duck sitting between the front seats,
>it would start "Quacking" at random times. When I pulled into my parking
>spot, nose to the wall, the duck wouldn't stop quacking until I turned
>the engine off, then all was quiet.
>
>
>Steve and Jo Ann Wacker
>San Marcos, Ca.
>90 Carat
>86 Syncro

HEY-HEY-HEY...it's *not* Friday, & electrons don't really exist anyway (at
least I've never seen any)...

Austin