What the best Intercom these days?

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Is this for you around the house or the church or ? What the wife and I use are a couple of Moto talkabout radios. I have one out in the shop and we keep one on the kitchen counter. If she needs me or I need a big ol glass of iced tea, just push to talk.

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Chisolm 
Republic of Texas

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Why are you shying away from the AC wiring link? They use FM centered aroun d 200kHz and you can probably get as much distance as you need. Yes, occasi onal noise [are you going to talk THAT long?] but unless you go to BlueToot h in the 5+GHz band, you'll still have problems.

These things are CHEAP! multi-drop, push to talk sometimes station to stati on, sometimes PA to everyone, seems ideal. I have't seen full-duplex on any intercom, except for a true telephone. then haven't looked either.

We've had a full-house (hared-wired) intercom for 20 years... hardly ever used it.

The most common situation is a telephone call for the spouse... just use the "flash" feature on the phone. ...Jim Thompson

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I love to cook with wine.     Sometimes I even put it in the food.

We had always used the intercomm feature on our wireless phones, until my handset died and we haven't gotten around to replacing it yet. What I really need is a two line wireless phone system, but haven't found one yet in our price range...

Charlie

We have this one...

The "locator" feature is particularly useful... lose the phone, press the button at the base station and the remote rings ;-) ...Jim Thompson

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I love to cook with wine.     Sometimes I even put it in the food.

Right now for us, but I'd like to know for elderly folks as well.

That's what we use right now but they slurp up a NiMH charge in less than a day. Plus they lose their channel setting every time I remove the batteries for a recharge.

My wife just brought me a nice big iced tea, just out of the blue. That was nice. She makes it in a big glass pot in the sun. Solar iced tea :-)

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Regards, Joerg 

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IME all that PLC is flakey. All it takes is one power supply setting off a fat harmonic right there and it's all hosed. BT.

But which ones are good?

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Regards, Joerg 

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We have very similar ones. But Panasonics screwed up the design. Instead of just pressing a button like on our old Panasconic phones now you have to enter some "station code" and fumble through some menues. Stupid decision, classic ivory tower case of not thinking through a design and not trying it in the field.

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Regards, Joerg 

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Not bad, but I would need about four handsets, making this about twice any stretch of a budget I can conceive... :-(

Charlie

Yep. Gets expensive. We actually only use one, in the kitchen. Rest of the house is hard-wired... my office, wife's office, play room, master bedroom, potties ;-) ...Jim Thompson

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I love to cook with wine.     Sometimes I even put it in the food.

A telephone at the dunny? Who are you calling from there?

Make sure the flatulence noise compensator is turned on ...

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Regards, Joerg 

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Clients ALWAYS call while I'm on the throne... even had one (a female) call while I was urinating (standing), who asked, "What is that noise?" I said, "What noise, I don't hear anything." >:-}

Done that, too ;-) ...Jim Thompson

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I love to cook with wine.     Sometimes I even put it in the food.

UR Leslie Nielsen?

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over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled." 
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Piss against the bowl, and it'll make less noise. I learned that, long ago and it comes in handy n ow that I'm on diuretics for my swollen legs.

"The Last Emperor" has a scene about pissing against the side of the bucket >:-} ...Jim Thompson

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I love to cook with wine.     Sometimes I even put it in the food.

Someone gave me wireless intercoms, but gave up on interference. I have two FRS base intercoms which were neat. They are different models, one with flip switches for channel. Got them years ago.

Greg

A soldier in a battle zone can't go look for a nice bathroom, and the sound of a good piss splattering can get you killed. That isn't anything to laugh about.

12 volt sealed lead-acid talk battery. Charge it once a month whether it needs it or not. A circuit that lives next to the talk battery and generates about 50 V 20 Hz from 12 V. Western Electric 500/1500/2500 sets from the thrift store. Extra pushbutton per set to trigger the ring generator circuit. Lots of Category 3 cable. :)

Matt Roberds

Rent that movie... it is NOT a laughable event.

The only laughable thing around here is Larkin who claims I abrogated his signature denigration technique and applied it against Larkin himself.

Sorry for the big words Larkin, but I'm sure you can look them up >:-} ...Jim Thompson

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| James E.Thompson                                 |    mens     | 
| Analog Innovations                               |     et      | 
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| San Tan Valley, AZ 85142   Skype: Contacts Only  |             | 
| Voice:(480)460-2350  Fax: Available upon request |  Brass Rat  | 
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I love to cook with wine.     Sometimes I even put it in the food.