[RFI] Today's Wall Stree Journal front page article on hams & BPL

[Hare,Ed, W1RFI]

I have personally visited 6 of the BPL test areas.  Though the specifics varied from site to site, all emit strong RF noise continuously across many MHz of spectrum, continuously vs time and across a wide geographical area.  BPL noise was clearly heard along about a mile of overhead lines in a number of cases.

See http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/HTML/plc#video for an eye and earful of what was found.

73,
Ed Hare, W1RFI


-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Turner [mailto:wrt at dslextreme.com]
Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 9:09 PM
To: Hare,Ed, W1RFI
Cc: RFI at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [RFI] Today's Wall Stree Journal front page article on hams
& BPL


On Fri, 26 Mar 2004 19:40:56 -0500, Hare,Ed, W1RFI wrote:

>The reporter personally saw S9+ noise levels on the mobile transceiver. 

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On what frequency(s)?  A single carrier or broadband white noise wiping
out everything?  Have you (Ed) heard BPL yourself from a mobile?  

I'm asking because all I've heard in the discussion groups are
generalizations about how bad it is.  I'd like to hear some specifics.

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73, Bill W6WRT
QSLs via LoTW