Hard to say. Tom Rauch lives in a real quiet location, so I would estimate
about 300-500 feet in his case. Others who have S3 noise already would barely
notice one next door in the protected spectrum.
Ed
> -----Original Message-----
> From: N6KJ [mailto:kelly@thejohnsons.ws]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 7:48 PM
> To: Hare,Ed, W1RFI
> Cc: RFI@contesting.com
> Subject: RE: [RFI] Fw: "homeplug" activity to establish PowerLine
> communicationfor Home use
>
>
> In your experience, how far away does a homeplug device need to be for
> it to no longer be a problem (assuming a modest amateur station with
> modest HF yagis)?
>
>
> On Wed, 9 Jun 2004 17:22:30 -0400, "Hare,Ed, W1RFI" wrote:
>
> >
> > HomePlug V.1 uses 4-20 MHz, with most amateur bands notched
> about 30 dB below
> the
> > permitted FCC Part 15 levels. That is not enough to protect against
> interference
> > in all cases, but is well worth the doing nonetheless. The
> new 5 MHz allocation
> > is not protected in HomePlug V.1.
> >
> > The upcoming "AV" version of HomePlug will be similarly
> notched, with 5 MHz
> > added, I would expect.
> >
> > Ed Hare, W1RFI
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: rfi-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:rfi-bounces@contesting.com]On
> > > Behalf Of Tom Rauch
> > > Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 10:45 AM
> > > To: RFI
> > > Subject: [RFI] Fw: "homeplug" activity to establish PowerLine
> > > communicationfor Home use
> > >
> > >
> > > Here we go again!!!
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Grunow, Ulli" <ulli.grunow@barco.com>
> > > To: <w8ji@contesting.com>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 8:30 AM
> > > Subject: "homeplug" activity to establish PowerLine
> > > communication for Home use
> > >
> > >
> > > > Tom,
> > > > I remember you as one of the very active, experienced 160m
> > > operators, when I
> > > > was active as PA5AT and at our clubstation PI4COM
> > > > In the meantime I moved to Belgium and I am not active yet
> > > after the
> > > > relocation...
> > > >
> > > > Today I got an alarming newsletter via e-mail (as I am
> > > working in the
> > > > audio/visual industry)
> > > > This newsletter tries to promote also in Europe powerLine
> > > communication
> > > > (PLC) as the de-facto standard for in-house distribution
> > > of multimedia
> > > > signals preferrable for hometheater and digital networks
> > > at home....
> > > > Please check their website: www.homeplug.org
> > > >
> > > > It is a pitty to have such technology taking over, and
> > > make radio reception
> > > > on the AM vitually impossible.....
> > > >
> > > > Please ague against this organization and also motivate
> > > ARRL/FCC to run a
> > > > strong campaign against them to stop this type of
> > > distribution strategy.
> > > >
> > > > I wanted to inform someone in the USA about their activity
> > > in Europe
> > > > (certainly even worldwide...)
> > > > This technology should not be proposed to customers in
> > > favour to any other
> > > > technically much more advanced distribution network at
> > > home (such as modern
> > > > IT infrastructures or coax cabling)
> > > >
> > > > regards,
> > > >
> > > > Ulli, PA5AT
> > >
> > >
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