[BC] Phone Ringing Causes DSL Disconnection

Tom Dimeo am at pa321.net
Sat Apr 17 12:47:54 CDT 2010


Wonder if the phone companies still provide RF filters for 
telephones to filter out ham radio interference.  Only 
problem might be, the filter would filter out the DSL signal 
too.

Tom

** Message Separater **
 >Phone rings do not bother my DSL, but I run an HF ALE
 >transceiver for CAP in my ham shack. When it "sounds" on 
the
 >lower frequencies, i.e. from 2 to 6 MHz, it often 
temporarily
 >blocks my DSL.  The antenna is a terminated double dipole 
at
 >least 40 feet away at the closest point.  I know that the 
DSL
 >frequencies are in that range, but wonder if there is
 >anything I can do to help.   I reduced the sounding power 
to
 >25% on the transceiver and that has helped some.
 >	Any suggestions?



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