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Old 22-11-2006, 17:25
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I am trying to reduce "electrosmog" in my home so have eliminated wireless devices. However I do miss my DECT phone set and I read that you can buy systems that do not send out signals between the modules until you use it. As we don't use voice phone a lot, that should be ideal.

Has anyone heard of this?
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Old 22-11-2006, 19:46
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Electrosmog?

Your house is awash with radio signals even if you aren't producing any (e.g. I assume you have no cellphones or routers either).

There are at least 10 terrestrial TV channels, a plethora of broadcast radio channels, a similar plethora of satellite channels, numeous PMR channels, (police) Tetra, etc. etc. etc.

Living in London probably means you are living in one of the most 'radio-splattered' cities in the world.

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Old 22-11-2006, 19:51
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Originally Posted by Heinz
Electrosmog?

Your house is awash with radio signals even if you aren't producing any (e.g. I assume you have no cellphones or routers either).

There are at least 10 terrestrial TV channels, a plethora of broadcast radio channels, a similar plethora of satellite channels, numeous PMR channels, (police) Tetra, etc. etc. etc.

Living in London probably means you are living in one of the most' radio-splattered' cities in the world.
Yes, but all these are in the so-called "far field", and basically, very weak. The OP is trying to reduce any emissions in the "near field". i.e. locally strong signals. The best plan is to avoid any RF devices at all. (As you said, cellphones, routers, dect phones etc.)
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Old 23-11-2006, 18:05
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Wouldn't it be easier to wear a tinfoil suit and a saucepan on your head?
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Old 24-11-2006, 16:50
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Have you been looking through my living room window!
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Old 24-11-2006, 20:22
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Originally Posted by vanyablue
Yes, but all these are in the so-called "far field", and basically, very weak. The OP is trying to reduce any emissions in the "near field". i.e. locally strong signals. The best plan is to avoid any RF devices at all. (As you said, cellphones, routers, dect phones etc.)
And, whatever you do, don't have a CRT TV in the house, the amount of RF they output would frighten you to death.
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Old 25-11-2006, 12:26
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Sorry I didn't come back to this thread before, I was waiting for the site to send me an update email! Oh well.

Anyway, I have one of those machines that make a noise when it picks up a signal, and the noise it made when I held it near our DECT phone was very different and much louder everything else I held it near, even TV sets! This was only matched in strength (but not rhythm) by something the house next door has, which I think might be their baby monitor. But anyway that's only loud in our corridor and has weakened a lot by the time we go into a room. However as we want handsets in many of the rooms, the DECT signal in our house would be in all of them.

I want to buy a new set of DECTs and I would have been interested to try out the ones I read about that were unfortunately not named by brand.
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Old 29-11-2006, 13:31
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Simple scientific fact is that you're exposed to a hell of a lot more RF every day that you'd get from any DECT phone, wi-fi router or even mobile phone.

Life's too short to be worrying about the media-induced panic de jour.
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Old 02-12-2006, 12:36
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Please, I wasn't looking to reopen this old debate. It's fun to experiment with new technology if it's available, I don't want to always wait for "scientists" to pontificate on it. Sometimes I want to try things out for myself and see what *I* experience.
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