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I'll add my 2 cents' worth here. Try using a different length of phone
cord. Also, you may want to experiment a little bit with the speaker cord,
if you can't use a different length. Find a small dowl and wrap the cord
around it to form a coil. That *may* work.
I had this problem with the local police department. It turned out that the
wire running from my computer to the input of the speakers was a multiple of
one wavelength of the frequency that they were broadcasting on. As the
police car drove by, if they were talking on the radio, I could pick up the
signal quite clearly on my speakers. Making a coil fixed that.
I had a friend who picked up a local news radio station in San Diego with
his modem. Same problem there, the phone cord from the wall to the computer
was a multiple of one wavelength of the frequency that they broadcasted on.
A shorter cable fixed the problem.
Antennas are funny things!
=d=
Drew Dunn
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Elizabeth Boston
> Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 1998 8:14 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [PCBUILD] Computer picking up local CB
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> Is there any way to fix this?
> I installed a new computer for a local doctor's office. Now the
> neighbor's CB signal comes through loud and clear on the computer
> speakers. When they turn off the computer speakers, the signal
> interferes with the phone line. Turning the speaker volume down,
> or muting the volume on the desktop have no effect. According to
> the FCC this guy is within legal limits, and he doesn't seem to
> care that a whole doctor's office can hear his conversations.
> The best suggestion I could come up with, was to plug headphones
> into the speakers. That would keep the signal from interfering
> with the phone line, and patients would not be able to hear, but,
> there must be a better way..
> Thanks for any help.
>
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> Elizabeth Boston
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