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--- John Miller <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Well, I don't believe in weather forecasts, but some
> times I use them to set
> the volume on my scanner when I first turn it on in
> the morning and it's
> synthesized here last I knew, but like I say I don't
> believe in weather
> forecasts so I really don't pay much attention.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "shawn klein" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 9:04 AM
> Subject: Re: NOAA Weather voices in different parts
> of the country
>
>
> > Hi Jeff. I think it was in 2001 when they started
> with
> > the human voice, 2 actually, supposedly belonging
> to 2
> > anonymous NOAA employees, 1 male, 1 female. I
> remember
> > when I started hearing them, I would hear all the
> > little flaws where phonemes changed, now I don't
> > really notice them. Well they still use the male
> > synthesized voice that they started using in late
> 97
> > or early 98, even though they had been saying they
> > were fazing that out, so on most of the
> transmitters I
> > pick up here, which is quite a lot, I used to
> avidly
> > dx them, there is a mixture of all 3 voices
> involved
> > on any given day. They say that the only time
> you'll
> > hear a real live human on the air is when systems
> > break down, but I don't think that's exactly
> truthful,
> > as when severe weather threatens, I'll often hear
> a
> > human on the Saint Joseph Missouri transmitter,
> where
> > I generally get my weather. The human will be
> giving a
> > current synopsis of what's going on with the
> > atmosphere, what storms are moving where, then
> you'll
> > hear the mechanicals again giving warnings and
> listing
> > counties in Kansas and Missouri affected. I don't
> know
> > if they'll ever phaze out the old voice or not,
> but I
> > have found over the years, what ever voice is
> used, I
> > can still use sound quality, speed, and with these
> new
> > voices, dialect clues to discriminate between
> > transmitters on the same frequency when ducting is
> > running strong. A few days ago, I was able to pick
> out
> > the Blue Rapids Kansas, Sedalia Missouri, and
> Cameron
> > Missouri transmitters all on 162.425 just by
> moving my
> > indoor twin lead J-pole around at the base. Back
> in
> > 97, before they went synthesized, I picked up
> > transmitters as far away as Alabama(near the
> Florida
> > border), and Nashville Tennessee, and as far west
> as
> > Goodland and Dodge City Kansas. North to Sioux
> Falls
> > South Dakota, with a pair of stacked 5 element
> yagis
> > for 2 meters. Got a tape full of recordings I made
> of
> > all the stations I heard during that period.
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