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Old May 19th 11, 10:06 AM posted to rec.radio.shortwave
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Default Computer Voice 'Glitch' on 4426 kHz [USB] @ 0610 UTC

Hearing a Computer Voice 'Glitch' on 4426 kHz [USB] @ 0610 UTC
on 19 Mayo 2010

S-Meter : +10dB ~ +20dB with SIO 555 and Very Good Audio

First : This was NOT a 'normal' Time for this Frequency for
any of the assigned NOAA/NWS Ocean Weather Stations
http://www.weather.gov/om/marine/hfvoice.htm
Chesapeake (NMN) 4426 kHz @ 0330Z, 0515Z, 0930Z
Pt. Reyes (NMC) 4426 kHz @ 0430Z, 1030Z
Note - U.S. Coast Guard [USCG] Broadcasts National
Weather Service [NWS] Highseas Forecasts and Storm
Warnings...

Second : The Computer Voice was Male speaking
in American English.

Third : The Computer Voice was NOT saying Words
-but- spelling-out the Words :
-example- "South" -was- S O U T H
-example- 77 : 20 West Longitude -was- 7 7 2 0 W L O N G

IMHO : Really needed to Record-It and Play-It-Back several
times to Write-It-Down and then Read-It to Understand-It
as Complete Words and Number Sets -versus- a string of :
l e t t e r s a n d n u m b e r s 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 . . .