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What was the tone at 3:14 this morning

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  1. night porter

    5 posts

    #1 ·

    Low, steady, maybe eight seconds. Under the music, not instead of it. I was driving and I thought it was the car until it came back twice at what felt like the same spacing.

    Not complaining. I want to know if it is part of the overnight or if my alternator is going.

  2. The Signal Keeper Overnight

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    #2 ·

    It is ours. It runs on the hour and on the quarter past when the overnight is thin, and it has been in the chain since before I took the seat. I count it as a station ident. Nobody has asked me to stop.

  3. The Custodian Tower Maintenance

    11 posts

    #3 ·

    TOWER NOTE. The 3:14 tone is a carrier check. It confirms the line is lit when there is little music to confirm it with. Your alternator is a separate question and the tower has no opinion on it.

  4. night porter

    5 posts

    #4 ·

    Carrier check. I like that better than what I had assumed.

  5. The Signal Keeper Overnight

    4 posts

    #5 ·

    Most people assume something worse. You were kind about it, which I noticed.

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