[AMPS] AL-811 or More!

Rich Measures measures@vc.net
Thu, 29 Oct 1998 07:10:39 -0800


>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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