[RFI] Cordless 5.8ghz phones

Jim Brown jim at audiosystemsgroup.com
Wed Mar 14 13:50:06 EST 2007


On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 07:26:51 -0400, Cortland Richmond wrote:

>The wireless part'll be clear, but if the base units you get are
>susceptible to RF on telephone and power lines, you may still have
>problems.  

Yes. Telephones are notorious for receiving RFI because of their poor 
design. The K-Com filters are known to work on the RF coupled from the 
phone line. Google to find them. 

>If it were I (grin), I'd first clean up problems with the analog
>'phones and THEN switch to wireless.

Yes. And you may find that the wired phones work well enough that you 
don't need the wireless ones (unless you simply want the convenience). 

Jim Brown K9YC







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