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Radio Interference Irks Apley Court Residents

Signals from Campus Station WHRB Picked up by Telephones, Stereos, TVs

But until the transmitter is moved, Apley Court residents will have to continue tolerating the music.

Although they say the noise is troublesome, students interviewed say they have not called WHRB to complain.

"I've gotten more used to it. It was more annoying at the beginning of the year," Lundequist said. "I've kind of accepted it as the bad point in a nice room."

"I'm not sure it would be of avail to talk to the WHRB people," said Vanessa L. Ryan '97.

"It doesn't bother me enough to call," Thaet said. "I don't even have time to call my own parents."

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Rassen, however, encourages students to contact WHRB with any problems. Callers will receive advice on how to handle disturbances.

"Power cords lying around suck up radio waves," Rassen said. "[People should] keep cords short."

Power cords can also be covered in tin foil and grounded to a metal object.

Students willing to spend money to ridthemselves of the music can buy ferrite cores,iron devices which absorb radio waves, at anyRadio Shack, according to Rassen. Wrapping powercords around these cores will reduce interferencefrom the transmitter.

Moving electrical devices around can also solvea lot of problems, Rassen said

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