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Re: [RFI] First Alert Wireless Smoke/CO Detectors

To: Gary Smith <wa6fgi@steeltrails.net>, rfi@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [RFI] First Alert Wireless Smoke/CO Detectors
From: Bruce <w8hw@comcast.net>
Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2018 13:23:22 -0500
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Hello Gary,

What power are you running? Full legal or less? Thanks, Bruce

On 12/5/2018 1:14 PM, Gary Smith wrote:
I have used Kidde brand and have had no problems with xmt/rcv issues with them.

Gary...wa6fgi


On 12/4/2018 7:35 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
I have no experience with this company, but security/alarm products and systems are notorious for being susceptible to RF.  If the units are connected to wires or power, they are almost certain to be bad news. If they run on batteries with NO wires connecting them to anything, there's a chance that they're OK.

The fundamental issue here is that they need wire to form an antenna to radiate or receive RF.

73, Jim K9YC

On 12/4/2018 7:09 PM, Ray Mikula wrote:
Does anyone have any experience with the Wireless First Alert Smoke/CO
detectors in regards to RFI?  This is the setup where you have multiple
smoke detectors and if one unit alarms a wireless signal is send via a mesh network to trigger the alarm on all units.  My smoke alarms are a good bit older than 10 years and it is time to replace.  The concept of one alarm triggering all makes good sense to me unless they generate a bunch of nasty
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