RE: [amsat-bb] Re: Re: QRM ON 2.4 GIG

[Chuck Hemker <n2por@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 17-Mar-02 Bruce Rahn wrote:
> Far from a stupid question.  I have a Siemens 2.4 spread spectrum phone
> system here.  This weekend I finally got around to looking at things on the
> spectrum analyzer.
> 
> In the case of the Siemens, it looks as if both uniques periodically
> interrogate each other.  I had to unplug the base unit before the frequency
> hopping pulses went away.  I've got some more digging to do as I thought the
> Siemens employed both a 900 MHz as well as 2.4 GHz link.  But I saw 2.4 GHz
> activity from both the handset and the base unit.  I didn't take the time to
> look at the 900 MHz band.
> 
>   Your mileage may vary with another brand of phone.
> 

Do the 2.4 GHz cordless phones have multiple frequency ranges?  Or do they
expect to solve all their interference problems using spread spectrum.  I
thought some of the networking stuff did.  Maybe if you set up a weak beacon
(even for a few seconds) the phone would decide it liked its other frequency
range better?

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