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dclist

Jan 1, 1970
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I have an amplified telephone that is intermittently picking up a
radio station. Is this a common problem with amplified telephones? Any
suggestions to fix it?
 
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Meat Plow

Jan 1, 1970
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I have an amplified telephone that is intermittently picking up a
radio station. Is this a common problem with amplified telephones? Any
suggestions to fix it?

Not common, do you live near an AM radio station?
 
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Charles

Jan 1, 1970
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dclist said:
I have an amplified telephone that is intermittently picking up a
radio station. Is this a common problem with amplified telephones? Any
suggestions to fix it?

Any chance the problem goes away after dark? The reason I ask is that many
AM broadcast stations must cut their transmit power after dark (FCC regs.).

A low-pass filter on the phone line might fix it. Once, the TELCOs would
provide the filter but that's probably no longer true. A 0.05 uF capacitor
across the phone line might work.
 
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Smitty Two

Jan 1, 1970
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dclist said:
I think that the nearest one is about 10 miles.

You sure it's a radio station and not a CB'er with a 5000 watt amp?
 
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PhattyMo

Jan 1, 1970
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Charles said:
Any chance the problem goes away after dark? The reason I ask is that many
AM broadcast stations must cut their transmit power after dark (FCC regs.).

A low-pass filter on the phone line might fix it. Once, the TELCOs would
provide the filter but that's probably no longer true. A 0.05 uF capacitor
across the phone line might work.

A DSL filter might work...
 
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