[BC] (Fwd) cell phone interference?

[Barry Rueger]

Form another list.  Comments anyone?

Barry

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Subject:        	cell phone interference?

Am I crazy, or is it possible for the signals that cause cell phones 
to ring or vibrate also cause electronic noise or interference in 
field recordings onto mini disc or flash cards?  

I remember hearing some weird fuzzyness, almost like a beeping or 
little electronic revilee that I thought was a short in my machine, 
but then my interviewee reached for his phone, the ringer of which 
was switched off. It was only when listening to the recording later 
that I made the potential connection. Now, the same noise has shown 
up on a recording one of our reporters made on a Marantz PMD 660 -  

Should I start asking interviewees to switch their phones completely 
off while I record, or am I just nuts.  

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