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Re: More 'PIDS'

Subject: Re: More 'PIDS'
From: David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>
Date: Thu, 03 Jun 1999 12:40:04 +1000
Newsgroups: misc.transport.rail.australia-nz, aus.rail
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Reply-To: trainman@ozemail.com.au

Alex Borodin wrote:

> Indeed, I would suggest that the systems in Melbourne and Sydney are prone
> to EMF not because of the CRT's receiving too much EMF (plasma screens would
> have a similar problem in that a great enough EMF would cause the phosphor
> dots to light up and flicker)  but because of the video transmission
> method.. No, the EMF (even in Sydney or Melbourne) is not great enough to
> affect a CRT at that distance.

At Como, every time a train goes through, the Television loses reception, and
the picture turns 5 degrees and changes colour.  It looks like the deflection
magnets are being turned on the back of the picture tube.

--
David Johnson
CityRail Guard
trainman@ozemail.com.au
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~trainman/

Follow-Ups:
- Re: More 'PIDS'
  - From: matthew@mail.usyd.edu.au (Matthew Geier)

References:
- Re: More 'PIDS'
  - From: "Alex Borodin" <yaropolk@hotmail.com.au>

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