[RFI] ATT U-Verse RFI issues???

[Jim Miller KG0KP]

Roger,

Great info.  What frequency (range) was bothering them?

There was a guy going down the street here a couple of months ago and he 
said he was installing UVerse.  No extra box at my place even though he was 
into my phone box.

What does this box look like and what size is it?

Thanks es 73, de Jim KG0KP

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roger (K8RI)" <k8ri at rogerhalstead.com>
To: <doc at kd4e.com>
Cc: "RFI List" <rfi at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, July 20, 2009 7:45 PM
Subject: Re: [RFI] ATT U-Verse RFI issues???


> Here's what a friend near the Detroit area told me about ATT's Uverse a
> while back:
>
> "It's a long story, but after AT&T techs threw in the towel on my rig
> scrambling the brains of the residential gateway (fancy modem) I built a
> faraday cage around the box with aluminum window screen and a very good
> ground and it solved the problem. "
>
> 73
>
> Roger (K8RI)
>
> kd4e wrote:
>> Have you forwarded this info to the ARRL and FCC as well as to
>> AT&T?
>>
>> The sooner the clock starts running on investigating and
>> resolving
>> the problem the better.  Bureaucracy grinds slowly.
>>
>>
>>> I'm not a Uverse subscriber -- it's not in my neighborhood -- but I
>>> can relate an incident that happened today.
>>>
>>> I sometimes listen to a weak AM BC station on 820 kHz.  While driving
>>> around town, I noticed the signal "weakened" quite a lot in a certain
>>> area.  It sounded like my Rx was being de-sensed by something.  After
>>> a bit, I noticed a Uverse "VRAD" box on the side of the road.  Coming
>>> back the other way, I verified that the 820 kHz problem was centered
>>> on that box, but extended about 1/4 - 1/2 mile as I followed the phone
>>> lines on either side of the box.  Now, I'll have to check other VRADs
>>> in the area.
>>>
>>> I've had no identifiable issues with my AT&T 6 Mb/s DSL service, but
>>> Uverse uses at least 10 x that bandwidth, so I would not be too
>>> surprised if there were troubles in the lower HF bands.  I'd like to
>>> hear from real Uverse users.
>>>
>>> 73 Martin AA6E
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 5:48 PM, Kelly Johnson<n6kj.kelly at gmail.com> 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm considering switching to ATT U-Verse (VDSL technology).  Are there
>>>> others out there that can confirm that they get no RFI from this
>>>> system?
>>>>
>>
>>
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