Re: TI-H: Radio links

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Subject: Re: TI-H: Radio links
From: Nightshadow <foglem@nmt.edu>
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 1997 12:51:47 -0600
References: <199708121804.LAA21381@f51.hotmail.com>
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Christopher Kalos wrote:

> I'd give up the ghost right now if I were you.  It's not just outside
> interference, it's the Calc itself.  Place yourself in any
> sufficiently
> shielded room with your calc and a portable radio.  Turn on the radio,
>
> any station will do, all you'll hear is static.
> Next turn on your calc.  You'll hear a buzzing sound, and all kinds of
>
> beeps and the like.  Now, if your calc can screw up radio reception,
> imagine what it can do to your proposed transmitters.
> It probably CAN be done, but you're going to need some incredible
> shielding to pull it off.

That is my current problem. I was working on a RT-link; however I don't
see how without a heavy filter of some type I can eliminate that effect.
However with software and my current design I might get a working
RT-link for about 20 feet (is this worth the effort?).

References:

TI-H: Radio links

From: "Christopher Kalos" <raptor_one@hotmail.com>