ATC RADIO EQUIP DESIGN STATUS AT TOLEDO; OH.

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WHENEVER IN COM WITH TOLEDO APCH ON FREQ 128.00; I HAVE EXPERIENCED THE WORST VOICE XMISSION QUALITY OF ANY ATC EQUIP I HAVE EVER HEARD IN 9 YRS OF FLYING. THE SOUND QUALITY WHICH APPROXIMATES 2 SOUP CANS AND A STRING; HAS BEEN THE SOURCE OF MUCH AMUSEMENT AND JOKE WHENEVER A TOLEDO TRIP FINDS IT'S WAY INTO A DAY'S SCHEDULE. HOWEVER; ON THIS PARTICULAR EVENING THE BARELY INTELLIGIBLE VOICES FROM TOL'S TRACON WERE SO BAD I MISUNDERSTOOD SEVERAL XMISSIONS WHICH WERE EVENTUALLY CORRECTED BY REPEATED READBACKS. ON A DIFFERENT DAY; I QUIZZED THE CTLR AS TO WHY THE XMISSIONS WERE SO POOR. THE CTLR REPLIED THAT NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BY THE FACILITY EVERYDAY FOR A LONG TIME; HOWEVER; NO ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN EVEN THOUGH THE CTLRS AT THE TRACON HAVE LOBBIED FOR A CHANGE IN ANTENNA PLACEMENT. I DON'T KNOW IF ANTENNA PLACEMENT IS THE PROBLEM HERE; BUT IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE A MISUNDERSTANDING TAKES PLACE AND FLT SAFETY IS JEOPARDIZED BECAUSE OF THIS EASILY FIXED PROBLEM.