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zatatime wrote:
On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 16:07:05 -0400, Aardvark
wrote:

Link
http://www.katu.com/news/story.asp?ID=71894
Shorterlink
http://makeashorterlink.com/?T5F061F89


That's just crazy! What the heck are they putting in TVs these days?

It isn't just TVs. I'll let one of the local radioheads do the
technical explination, but basically, any thing electronic emits
some RFI. With bad parts, bad QA or parts failure, it can emit
enough RFI on the wrong frequencies to get a visit from CAP. That
is why you see FCC compliance stickers on most things electronic.

When I was in CAP, I tracked a 121.5 MHz signal to a fax machine,
and other people I knew found copiers, computers, arcade games and
a pizza oven in distress. None of these had the normal ELT `sweep`
signal, just a carrier signal. Unfortunately, real ELTs that are
damaged in the crash will sometimes just have a carrier only signal
as well, so it isn't possible to just ignore carrier only signals.

John
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John Clear - http://www.panix.com/~jac