[RFI] [DX4WIN] 2m High Power Cordless Phones!!!!

[Pete Smith]

These people are low!  Check out the first libk, which says only in small
letters "Not FCC for USA."  They clearly believe the FCC will not act.

73,

Pete N4ZR

>From: "Lance Collister" <w7gj@bigskyspaces.com>
>To: "Moon-net" <moon-net@nlsa.com>; "W3EP, Emil" <W3EP@arrl.org>
>Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 9:02 AM
>Subject: [Moon-Net] VHF: 2m High Power Cordless Phones!
>
>
>> Looks like we could have a real problem here!  I received the following
>email
>> information and wanted to pass it on to the group:
>>
>> Subject:
>>         Check this out! - New long range cordless phones manufactured to
>operate in
>> the Amateur radio two
>>         meter band!
>>    Date:
>>         Sun, 13 May 2001 21:42:55 -0600
>>    From:
>>         "n7lt" <n7lt@montana.net>
>>      To:
>>         <Undisclosed-Recipient:;@webtv.net>
>>
>>
>>
>> I try and not do this very often but I'm sending this email with URL links
>> to all the hams I have in my address book to spread the word about a new
>> kind of interference we may be seeing in the near future.
>>
>> Not to many weeks ago, Bill, K7MT, in Helena, Montana copied a unknown
>> interfering signal 146.76 MHz.  It turned out to be a new kind of export
>> cordless phone illegal to use here in USA.  Some of these long range
>> cordless phones have output power of over 35 watts!  These cordless phones
>> are being sold all over the web (even ebay!) and look to become a new
>source
>> of interference for Hams to track down.  Won't this be a whole bunch of
>fun
>> to tell a guy his new $500 long range cordless phone that he can talk for
>10
>> miles on is illegal in the USA!
>>
>> It looks as if these  guys are starting to promote these long range
>cordless
>> telephones in the US even though they are NOT FCC type accepted.
>>
>> Here is a link to a long range cordless phone that's in the HAM band!!!!
>> The web site is even in the USA!
>> http://www.cordlessmart.com/BT358.htm
>>
>> Here are some more.
>> http://www.jademountain.com/telecom/teleFCCnot.html
>> http://custom-electronics.net/
>> http://www.4cellular.com/cordless_prod.html
>>
>> Just thought you might like to know.
>>
>> 73
>>
>> Lyndel N7LT
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