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From: matthew@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (73550000)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: phone interference
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Date: 13 Apr 88 01:55:36 GMT
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In article <528@intvax.UUCP> davidson@intvax.UUCP (William M. Davidson) writes:
>I have a neighbor that is a amateur radio operator and sometimes I can pick
>up his transmissions on our kitchen wall phone.  I know that the FCC has a
>law about radio and tv interference.  Does the same law apply to phone
>interference?  If yes, what recourse do I have to stop the interference?
>
>I am unable to understand anything that my neighbor is saying including has
>call letters.  But his transmissions are louder than the phone conversation
>so I usually have to hang-up and try the phone call later.
>
>-- 
>Forking is Fun!
>William [i aM not a dweeb] Davidson 
>Sandia National Laboratories (505) 846-1868
>...ucbvax!unmvax!intvax!davidson

First of all, talk to your neighbor and see if when you get interference
correlates with when he is transmitting... often the person who you THINK
is causing the problem really isn't.

Secondly, your neighbor should be able to help you solve the
problem,... there are several ways to eliminate interference
from telephones. In fact, if your neighbor is in fact an
amateur radio operator, he will more likely than not help
you with your problem EVEN if he isn't the cause.

Finally, your phone company can probably install components to help
alleviate the problem.

As it happpens, the laws regarding interference say, for the most
part, that your phone can't interfere with your neighbor's radio,
and not the other way around.

Matthew Kaufman, KA6SQG
matthew@ucsck.ucsc.edu   ...!ucbvax!ucscc!ucsck!matthew