Station Cuts Out On A Rythm

[nc211]

There is one station here that seems to cut out every 3 seconds for a split second. The signal is very strong, and the stereo grabs weaker stations and doesn't do this. I called the station to tell them, and they were unaware of it. I checked the station on other radios in my house and the 4runner, and they don't cut out. I've got the Mark Levison unit. The station use to not do this, but started about a month ago. I note the "st" indicating stereo reception goes blank too when this happens. As quickly as it cuts out, it comes back.

Glitch at the station, or glitch in the stereo? Could be part of that messaging system the stereo has "reads the artists and song playing at the time, along with the station's id letterings".

Thanks!

[nc211]

Well, another odd situation. The station was a preset in my stereo. Every time I pressed the preset number to tune into the station, it would do this cutting out of sound. Today, I was seeking up the ban and hit that station...no cutting out. I hit the preset number....it started cutting. So I manually set the radio to the station, resaved it into the presets, and no more problem.... What the heck?

[dcfish]

Could be the contacts in the button that are intermittent, Try using the same preset button on another strong station and see what happens ;)