Maybe so, but many an electric utility company whose noise has been well below
S9+30 dB has received correspondence from ARRL, then from Riley.
See
http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/HTML/plc/FCC_enforcement/FCC_Enforcement_Letters.htm
for an overview of why we don't have to live with this.
73,
Ed Hare, W1RFI
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Jordan [mailto:wa3gin@erols.com]
> Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 2:47 PM
> To: Rob Atkinson, K5UJ
> Cc: rfi@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [RFI] Video
>
>
> Wasn't speaking exclusively about local RFI from the
> vehicle...but the
> pole top noise that one finds along the highways, byways,
> city streets,
> etc. I lived in a place and do so now where the local area RFI is
> sometimes 20-30db over S9 across the entire band...the noise
> comes from
> burglar alarms, street lamps, cracked insulators on power
> poles, etc. I
> can imagine the proponents for BPL will find similar
> locations and say
> the RFI is comparable to RFI currently in existance...
>
> I agree the RFI is distinctive and easily recognizable but signal
> strength wise I've heard worse ...
>
> Have Fun,
> Dave
> wa3gin
>
>
> Rob Atkinson, K5UJ wrote:
>
> > No, the stacatto popping noise was distinctive--not at all like
> > ignition noise.
>
>
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