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Susan Sterngold <susanste@cloud9.net> Sent  :

.I have a weird experience to report-please reply by private email if
you 
.can shed any light on this one. I live in Rockland county NY and
commute 
.via NY State Thruway. On Wed 2/14 there was a little snowstorm and I 
.called from my car to tell work I would be late. About 5 min later my

.cell phone died. I would try to access and got a fast metallic busy
when 
.I tried to activate my code etc. Could not get 611 or 911 either!
Then 
.the radio died. All of a sudden there was just static. So I thought
OK, 
.I'll listen to a tape. No luck. Tape went in and played static thru 
.speakers. This was very strange. So I got to work, went inside for a
few 
.hours, came out to my car and my radio and phone were back. OK, so it
was 
.a fluke. On my way home the phone did not work again, same problem.
There 
.is a blasting zone on the thruway but they were not doing it as I
drove 
.thru. SO the next day I called ATT Wireless and they told me someone
had 
.cloned my phone so I needed a new PIN. I gave them a new PIN and
still my 
.phone did not work this morning. I called them again and he told me
to go 
.get my phone to test it--then it worked fine. Later on it didn't work

.again. Then tonight my radio died again. I am thinking maybe there is

.some kind of weird force field in my car. I don;t think there is
anything 
.wrong with either the flipphone or the radio, but my phone worked
great 
.till 2 days ago. It is not a dead spot on the thruway as it was dead
for 
.10 miles or more-lasted till I got to work. Anyone have any ideas???
.thanks--pls reply to susanste@cloud9.net


Hook a volt meter on the 12DC line to ground... 
Looks like you are missing a frame ground at times or your 
regulator went south....

It could be your car's troubleshooting computer is acting up, or 
detecting a problem...
Mine detected a transmission problem, and it alarmed and interfered with 
my radio reception.   This cleared when I re-started the car, until the 
next transmission error was detected.
I have a new car with the computer control and service alarms (Saturn).  
Yours could be similar, if relatively new...

The prior post about voltage instability could be the problem as well... 
bad volages can cause electronics to act wierd... better check the 
grounds and radio shielding, too!  The phone is car-mounted, right?  If 
its a portable hand-held, and battery-operated, the only interference 
source is radio-frequency (back to the car computer), sunspots, or local 
transmitter (not an issue if you had the problem in multiple locations.
-greg
email: garrison@mindspring.com