Hi Tom.

Possibly you could reorient your antenna.  But the real solution is
probably to introduce some inductance in his speaker leads either by
winding them around something or by using ferrite cores.  I had a problem
with one of the FM radio stations in town getting into a set of speakers in
our tech center, but winding the speaker wire about 20 times around a
pencil made the station disappear.

73, de Lou K2LKK

At 10:02 PM 1/24/2005 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi, all.
>
>As many of you already know, I teach at a University here in Michigan called
>Ferris State University.  I am in an office building on the second floor,
>and my office is in the middle of a row of adjacent offices on that floor.
>
>Over the past 3 or so years, I have been using an Icom ICW32A HT with a
>3-amp regulated power supply, and a twin-lead J-pole, mounted on one of my
>office walls.  Any qsos I have had have been either on our local 2-meter or
>440 repeater, and my maximum power has been 5 watts.
>
>Up until today, I have never had any complaints of RFI from any of my
>colleagues.  However, late this afternoon, the guy next to me said that I
>was coming through either his computer speakers, or the speakers on a
>portable CD player that he is using.  Why he couldn't tell me which ones, I
>don't know, but I was clearly coming through something.
>
>Obviously, I could reduce my power to the low power setting, but that may
>make it harder for me to get into our 2-meter repeater which is about 12
>miles away.  I also could run the HT on battery power, which likely would
>eliminate or at least lessen the problem.
>
>Does anyone have some other suggestions I might try on my end to help deal
>with this problem?
>
>I want to "keep peace" in the office, but still operate when needed.
>
>Best 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ

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