Re: Radio Frequency Interference

[Steve Slade <bmsgs@xxxxxxxxx>]

> An interesting phenomenon has been happening on occasion when we run our
> experiments: Radio Frequency Interference (RFI). This is interference in
> which when running an experiment you can hear intermittent faint sounds
> from radio stations.  We use the Rane Headphone HC-6 when running, and the
> engineers suspect it may be something about the headphones picking up the
> frequencies.  Does anyone know of any headphones that can definitely avoid
> this problem?  Or any other advice in avoiding RFI?

We've found that many cases of RF interferance that grace us with
their presence can be traced back to a sheilding/ grounding
problem somewhere along the signal path.

The quality (or rather, lack thereof) of the cabling in most
commercial headphones usually compounds the issue as well.... !

Steve