About 12 years ago we had a carbon monoxide detector in the upstairs hallway not far from the shack. Every time I was on a 2m net (could have been 6m, I forget...)the detector would start chirping, I even lowered power from 65 to 25 watts, same issue. Eventually the thing wouldn’t stop chirping at all so we threw it away, put a smoke detector in it’s place, got a 10 year carbon monoxide detector and put it in the guest bedroom which is further away from the shack and never had a problem again. 73 de Jose Douglas KB1TCD Mid Coast ME
Sent from my iPad > On Oct 25, 2020, at 6:36 AM, Geoffrey Feldman <geoffr...@comcast.net> wrote: > > The reason to keep smoke detectors from Amateur Radios is that they detect > smoke by ionization from a radioactive source. A strong near field will set > them off. The good news is that this is your indication that all is not > right at the feed line (Or the antenna is unhealthy close). I have had this > experience myself, fixed the feed line and the issue went away. That was > with 100w on 80 meters. Unlike real smoke, the detector will stop > complaining when the transmission stops. > -73- > Geoff W1GCF > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to kb1...@gmail.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
