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Unfortunately, remote switches haven't been very successful here. This is a house of radio amateurs (except my youngest who hasn't shown much interest yet) and my husband is an avid DXer. When he is holding high confab at 1500 watts with similarly-minded folks on Kingman Reef or some other microscopic-sized piece of alleged real estate on the other side of the world, it seems to have a negative effect on those things. (Even the burglar alarm wires act as an antenna. More than once I have been sleeping soundly while he is in the ham shack at the other end of the house, only to have the monitoring box at the head of the bed suddenly roar out a garbled version of his call sign. THAT will wake you up in a hurry, believe me!)

Good point. X10 devices can be troublesome in a "noisy" environment. There are
many filters, amplifiers and attenuators out there that can greatly improve system
reliability. You may have some luck with the devices sold by SmartHome.com.

Then again, if hubby is inadvertently cooking small birds perching on the elements
with 1500 watts Peak to Peak, you may be out of luck!