[RFI] [aprssig] It's Baaack BPL - Broadband Over Powerlines
qrv at kd4e.com
qrv at kd4e.com
Thu Dec 14 17:03:56 EST 2017
Let's grant that ...
Can you also inquire about "The rest of the story"?
What happens at the "last mile"?
That is, what devices are used to convert the 60GHz backbone to
something useful to users, and what sort of RFI might those
devices leak?
Thanks,
DavidC KD4E
> RF EE with a touch of experience from the old BPL era weighs in...
>
> That first article mentions 60 GHz backhaul and 60 HGz to the home. With
> those 30° sector antennas this implies line of sight back hall.
> That second article Echoes the old G-line transmission line concept of
> RF propagating on the outside of an insulated wire where it mentions the
> car parts store funnel launchers.
> I'm guessing that the reference in the article to HF is the journalistic
> technical term meaning "anything having to do with something called
> radio waves, whatever-the-hell they are".
>
> So, until I can call AT&T to see if I can get any specifics, it may
> either be 60 gigahertz line-of-sight or 60 gigahertz along the wires.
>
> Regards, Steve K9DCI
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