[tri-med] Re: Funny FM Story

Funny, but frustrating....

Thanks for sharing!

Ruth, wife to Rudy, mom to Brendon (18), Scott (16), Joshua (12) and Matthew
(Full T18, born 09/13/01)and one on the way...due 8/24/04
Orange County, California
http://members.cox.net/t18mom

Lord as I face each new day, grant me power, perseverance, patience and
peace.


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> [mailto:tri-med-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Karen
> Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 11:27 AM
> To: Tri-Med
> Subject: [tri-med] Funny FM Story
>
>
> FM systems work by as you may have guessed - transmitting the
> teachers voice via an FM signal short range. You actually set the
> channel on the FM system so if two children in the same school
> but in neighbouring classrooms they have to have different
> channels set otherwise the child in the algebra class may very
> well be hearing whats being transmitted on the FM system in the
> French class.
> But commercial FM radio is also transmitted on similar
> frequencies. FM stations here are licensed to operate on
> different frequencies, so as not to interfere with FM systems -
> supposedly.
>
> A couple of years ago someone goofed. Alex's teacher had been
> saying for weeks that Alex wasn't focusing and listening in
> class. He seemed distracted but she couldn't work out why. One
> morning as we got out of the car I remembered that I had left
> Alex's FM system sitting on the table. I turned to the master and
> said we had better go home and get it. He asked me not to - and I
> of course said why? I thought he liked it.
>
> Alex replied that he used to, but he didn't like the voices in
> his head anymore. Puzzled and starting to panic that my son was
> hearing voices it turned out that he only heard the "voices" when
> he was wearing the FM system and that he couldn't understand what
> they were saying.
>
> I got the FM system and put it on myself (you can just plug
> headphones into the FM system instead of the hearing aids to
> check the FM system). Sure enough there were voices in the FM
> system. It was picking up a local Greek radio station!!!!!
>
> Took a few months and a lot of kids complaining for someone to
> rap the knuckles of the licensing body and the local Greek
> community to get a new transmission frequency :-))
>
> I have not lost my mind - it's backed up on disk somewhere.
> -- Unknown
>
> Keep Looking For Rainbows!!
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