Banana Skins – March 2022 #365-377
Is it safe to use cellphones on airplanes? The real question should be: “Is it safe for passengers to use any electronic equipment on airplanes?”
Banana Skins – January 2022 (#358-364)
Operating my personal document shredder crashes my digital TV set-top box, although it is 5 metres away. Toggling the on/off button on the set-top box restores normal operation.
Banana Skins – November 2021 (#354-357)
In the kitchen we have a radio/tape/cd and recently the tapes have been playing with very poor sound quality.
Banana Skins – August 2021 (#347-353)
Cellular telephones can interfere with medical equipment – Mayo Clinic concludes
Banana Skins – July 2021 (#342-346)
Major news outlets in the Philadelphia metropolitan area report that the head of the city’s Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) has called on city officials to replace the two-and-a-half year old Motorola police radio system because of repeated communications failures.
Banana Skins – June 2021 (#333-341)
The rear-screen heater in my BMW 3-Series causes so much interference when switched on that it’s impossible to listen to the car radio.
Banana Skins – May 2021 (#330-332)
Chris van Rossman of Corvallis Oregon turned on his do-everything combo TV and got a big surprise—the police, the Civil Air Patrol, and the County Search and Rescue Officers knocked on his door.
Banana Skins – March 2021 (#322-329)
We are all aware of TVs and radios being affected by vacuum cleaners, food mixers, mobile phones, and the like...
Banana Skins – February 2021 (#316-321)
A number of people who had been enjoying weightless activities in the non-spinning central hub of Virgin Space Ltd’s newest hotel “Arthur C Clarke III” found themselves trapped on the ‘ceiling’ for 15 minutes...
Banana Skins – January 2021 (#307-315)
Typically, regular voltage quality spot checks are made throughout a local distribution system with additional measurements taken when a customer asks; is there a voltage problem?