My grandmother's house is near a radio tower. Any time she uses the telephone, the radio station comes through the handset and is so loud that sometimes you can barely hear the caller over the radio feed. What can help with this problem? My grandmother doesn't have a computer and is using a corded telephone (although the feed will come over a corless set, too). Thanks in advance!
2007-01-04 12:06:05 · 2 answers · asked by Mocha M 2 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Land Phones
I had a similar problem at my mom's house and the final solution was to re-wire the house with shielded Cat5 wire and bury the line from the house to the phone tap up the pole.
I'm an electrician and had easy access to the tools and materials used. It could be pricey for you to hire someone to do this for you.
2007-01-05 11:07:00 · answer #1 · answered by tropicalturbodave 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry Mocha, you're kinda out of luck. You can try to get the phone company to put an RF filter and ground the crap out of it. Your Grandmother is in a "Hot Zone" and all the tech can do is try. You can rewire the phones with shielded cable as well and it might help. Start by putting in a repair order with the phone company though and be there when they come out and listen to their test so he/she doesn't tell you it's the inside wiring. Feel free to email me if you need more info.
2007-01-04 12:15:37 · answer #2 · answered by Dan H 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋