This surfaced during the actual BPL days, with a company called Corridor
Technology, if I recall the name correctly. It never really went anywhere. How
this will work when the propagating wave hits the wire connecting a
transformer, a junction, or even a splice that uses parts bigger than the
wavelength remains to be seen.
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Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2016 7:58 AM
To: Frenaye, Tom, K1KI; RFI Mailing List
Subject: Re: [RFI] Air Gig?
Ah. The well-known (among some of us) G-Line or Goubau line single-wire
transmission line.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goubau_line
The secret is a thin layer of dielectric on the surface of a conductor
(yielding a slower-than-light propagation velocity CLOSE to the wire) and the
RF energy is then 'loaded' onto the wire via "launchers" (coax to horn
transitions basically) on each end.
Think groundwave propagation close to the earth on the lower frequency bands.
Something old is "new all over again."
Jim WB5WPA
From: Tom Frenaye <frenaye@pcnet.com>
To: RFI Mailing List <rfi@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2016 10:44 PM
Subject: Re: [RFI] Air Gig?
See also
http://www.arrl.org/news/at-t-s-new-airgig-not-your-father-s-bpl
Tim/k1KI
> On Sep 21, 2016, at 7:54 PM, Gary K9GS <garyk9gs@wi.rr.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Gordon,
>
> I hope you are correct. Nice to get a quick answer from someone in the know.
>
>
>> On 9/21/2016 6:27 PM, James Gordon Beattie, Jr. wrote:
>> Gary et al,
>> I don't think you will have any issues with this technology.
>> I am familiar with its technology and under a strict NDA, so this is all I
>> can say on the subject.
>> 73,
>> Gordon Beattie, W2TTT
>> 201.314.6964
>>
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>> *From*:"Gary K9GS" <garyk9gs@wi.rr.com>
>> *Date*:Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 18:41
>> *Subject*:[RFI] Air Gig?
>>
>> This can't be a good thing:
>>
>> http://www.pcworld.com/article/3122458/mobile/att-reveals-airgig-multi-gigabit-wireless-broadband-that-uses-power-lines.html?token=%23tk.PCW_nlt_pcw_tech_html_2016-09-21&idg_eid=58c8d447fd7c3e5ea30ed2f3dbbcc6ac&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Top%20Stories%20%40PCWorld%202016-09-21&utm_term=pcw_tech_html
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> 73,
>>
>> Gary K9GS
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