>At 03:18 AM 10/29/98 -0800, you wrote:
>>By causing interference to your neighbors you discredit amateur radio,
>>Jim Reid. On my Web site there is information on building a RF filter
>>for telephones that is optimized for the ham bands. The cost is under
>>one dollar each. The parts can be purchased from Mouser. The RF filter
>>can be wired into one end of a standard RJ11 cord set. // I test the
>>neighborhood phones by calling each neighbor. I find out if the neighbor
>>can tell when I am sending bursts of 50wpm cw dits during the
>>conversation.
>>>
>>I wouldn't want to read something like this in the newspapers: '''Ham
>>Operator on Kauai Causes Infant Death By Interfering with 911 Call'''.
>
>Aw c'mon Rich... that's just a bit harsh.
>
Infants tend to fall in swimming pools, climb through balcony rails, on
and on and on . Can telephone RFI prevent use of a telephone?.
>By the way, I have never had telephone RFI from CW -- in my experience,
>it's always been the rectified audio that people could hear.
>
50+wpm dits cause a rapid thumping sound in the telephone receiver.
- later, Pete
Rich. Measures. Web site: www.vcnet.com/measures
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