Michael Rathbun wrote:

In rec.radio.shortwave on Tue, 16 Sep 2003 17:57:26 GMT,
"Frank Dresser" wrote:

Did they play those tones and then break into the "Propeller Airplane Sound"
from time to time?

Assuming you mean multiplex teletype transmission, I seem to recall that
replacing the bagpipes from time to time.

In my earliest days as an SWL, I thought the 'airplane sound' really was
coming from the cockpit of a propeller airplane! It took me a while to
learn about utility transmissions and their charecteristic sounds.


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