[ICOM] RFI Interference

[William B. Chapman]

Even worse, the owner and CEO of The Sharper Image is a HAM!!

W5YJB
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "BEVTRAVEL" <bevtravel at core.com>
To: <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, April 24, 2006 1:40 PM
Subject: [ICOM] RFI Interference


> This may be off topic, but as a ICOM user I feel this information may be 
> helpful to other ICOM users.
> I've had interference over the entire radio spectrum that sounded like a 
> buzz every 20 to 100 KHZ and completely covered receive signals.  It has 
> taken me several months trying to discover the cause.  This past week I 
> found that it was the Sharper Image Ionic Breeze air purifier model 
> S1637. This is the current model that is advertised on TV and in other 
> mediums.  The company does not have a cure for the problem other than 
> offering another unit of the same model number.  They consider 
> themselves to be within the FCC part 15 emissions standard.  They had 
> offered a unit model number S1730EM1, but have discontinued it due to 
> lack of customer needs.  Their cure is turn it off when one wants to use 
> the radio or watch TV, etc.  A real bummer.



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