Cordless phone problem ?

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Q. I'm having a hard time finding a cordless phone that works properly in my house. I have a 25 channel Panasonic that works great but the battery won't stay charged. I've tried about every 900 mhz and 2.4 Giga phone (Panasonic, Uniden, Sony, Toshiba, etc.) and they all have interference in my house! My microwave totally distorts any 900 or higher phone (even though the base is in the far end of the house) and there must be something else either in my house or around it that does the same thing at random times. Is there any way to find out what is causing this problem? I would really like to have a cordless phone that I can use! I hope someone can help me because this is driving me crazy!!!!

A. All consumer cordless phones are limited in power, and are sensitive to pickup electrical interferance. Microwave ovens work at 2.5 gHz, and will interfer with many of the higher frequency phones. I found that many of the newer microwave ovens on the market are better shielded against RF radiation emission, and will interfer less. Also the cordless phone frequency allocation is restricted, and if there are many of them around your area, then they start interfering with each other. When using a cordless phone, this is one of the things you must put up with. You should pick a phone model that you can tolerate the most. The ultimate answer is a good PCS digital cell phone. These use pure digital control and processing. They are a lot more powerful than your cordless phone, and are much less sensitive to pickup interference. This is the way I solved my cordless phone problem. I forward my home phone calls to the cell phone when I want to take my calls on it. I found it to also be handy because it is also a second line where people can find me when I am needed. If you look at the cost of purchasing a good cordless phone, and weigh it against the cost of a cell phone where you don't have to put down much onto it, the cost over the first year ballances out. Your cordless phone will only last you a few years, and then must be changed again. With many plans, you can get a new cell phone every two years with very little down... Keep your panasonic ,and start with a fresh battery. Allow it to charge up for the specified amout of time given by the manufacturer. Then once in use allow it to completely drain on it's charge before recharging. It's probably a Nicad battery and they exude memory characteristics. Simply meaning, if you recharge at half strength , then it thinks it's depleted at half strength upon next usage. etc.......... A good idea with this is to have two batteries ,so that once you completely deplete one you can still use the phone while charging back up.

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