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- How to get rid of Radio Frequency
- Interference (RFI) in modem connections
- to telephone systems.
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- RFI is a common problem when you use a
- direct connect modem and live close to
- a strong radio signal transmitter. The
- problem itself is the picking up of the
- radio signal (the music or talk) from
- the phone lines and having it interfere
- with the normal operation. The wire of
- the phone line itself acts as an
- antenna and the modem acts as a
- detector. The phone itself could also
- pick up some RFI.
-
- To eliminate the problem you must
- prevent the radio signal from entering
- the telephone/modem setup. This is done
- with an RFI filter. A RFI filter can
- be bought from most any Radio Shack or
- electronics store, or you can build
- your own with a minimum of parts.
-
- A store bought RFI filter is usally
- a small metal box with 4 terminals on
- it. (Also known as a Power Line RFI
- filter, used to prevent RFI comming
- in/out a power circuit.)
- This box is connected between your
- phone line and the telephone/modem.
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- *********
- >-------@ @-------->
- Phone * * phone/modem
- Line * RFI *
- * Filter*
- >-------@ @-------->
- *********