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Subject: [AMPS] Telephone RFI Radio Shack Phones
From: measures@vc.net (Rich Measures)
Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1998 06:23:16 -0800
>
>On Tue, 8 Dec 1998 06:47:52 -0500, "brad roope" <w1rqbrad@mdc.net>
>wrote:
>
>>
>>Re: Radio Shack Telephones.
>>
>>Remember some comments on Radio shack Phones. Does anyone have model
>>numbers on what phones may reduce or eliminate RFI? Also are the K-Comm
>>filters any good?
>>
>>Thanks brad W1RQ
>______________________________________________________________
>It might have been me you remember.  I have a Radio Shack phone that
>is totally free of RFI without any filters at all, even running 1500
>watts SSB and the antenna being only about 60 feet from the phone.
>Unfortunately there is no model number on the phone, but it's the one
>with the transparent case so you can see all the circuitry inside.
>It's in what used to be known as the "Princess" style, meaning the
>handset had the pushbuttons in it and rested in a separate cradle when
>not in use.  Hope this helps.
>
I have heard similar reports about the see inside Radio Shack phone, 
Bill.  
- For older Radio Shack telephones, driving a wooden stake through the 
heart of the unit with a wooden mallet reportedly cures the problem.  


Rich...

R. L. Measures, 805-386-3734, AG6K, www.vcnet.com/measures  


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