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Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 10:22:20 -0400
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From: Warren Ziegler <wd2xgj@gmail.com>
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> 1960.  One of the first receptions I heard was a transmission that kept
> repeating a message something like this:  This is a test transmission fo=
r
> circuit adjustment purposes.

Yes that was the only transmission I recall hearing from them.
It made me wonder why someone would put up a station just for 'circuit
adjustment purposes' and nothing else.
I wondered what kind of circuit would need such constant adjustment!
Looking back I suppose that they transmitted on several frequencies
simultaneously and the purpose of the constant transmissions was so
that the receiving stations could pick the best frequency for the
conditions.

--=20
73 Warren K2ORS
                WD2XGJ
                WD2XSH/23
                WE2XEB/2
                WE2XGR/1




On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 9:53 AM, Dexter McIntyre W4DEX<dmcintyre@att.net>=
 wrote:
> My first short wave receiver was a Knight Kit Star Roamer I built around
> 1960. =A0One of the first receptions I heard was a transmission that kep=
t
> repeating a message something like this: =A0This is a test transmission=
 for
> circuit adjustment purposes. =A0This transmission originated form an off=
ice of
> the American Telephone and Telegraph Company and is located near White
> Plains New York. =A0I received this signal from time to time for many ye=
ars on
> several different frequencies. =A0Many years later while reminiscing abo=
ut our
> past radio experiences with a retired AT&T engineer I asked him about th=
e
> test transmission. =A0He recalled hearing the same signals which he beli=
eved
> was for the HF High Seas Radiotelephone Service. =A0I've never found any
> information about a White Plains site but there is some documentation on=
line
> about several other AT&T High Seas HF Radio locations.
>
> Dex
>
> mal hamilton wrote:
>>
>> I remember a radio station on HF SSB years ago WHITE PLAINS. Where is=
 that
>> located, somewhere in the USA.
>> De mal/g3kev
>>
>
>
>