Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: "John T. Grieggs" Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Help Needed With AT&T Portable Phone Message-ID: <10999@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 16 Aug 90 22:20:46 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Reply-To: grieggs@devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (John T. Grieggs) Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA Lines: 31 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 577, Message 7 of 8 I recently acquired an AT&T portable phone. I do not recall the specific model number, it is the one with two switchable channels. The problem is that the signal quality degrades rapidly, even within the house. Two rooms away, people who talk to me complain about the signal quality. I get crackles and pops, and sometimes some crosstalk (although never clearly), as well as a pretty high level of hiss. This is maybe twenty feet or so from the base station. Also, when I go anywhere near the computer room, it gets much worse still, to the point of being un-usable. How can I boost the power of the phone? Is there some modification I could make to the phone or the base station to increase the signal strength? Would a longer/better antenna on either the base station or the phone itself help? If so, where would I get such a beast? What about the interference? Would more signal strength help punch through this? Or, should I be looking at a line filter of some sort for the computer itself? Any help would be greatly appreciated. John T. Grieggs (Telos @ Jet Propulsion Laboratory) 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, Ca. 91109 M/S 301-320T (818) 354-0871 Uucp: {cit-vax,elroy,chas2}!jpl-devvax!grieggs Arpa: ...jpl-devvax!grieggs@cit-vax.ARPA