[RFI] white noise starting at 3780 and up

Tom Thompson w0ivj at tomthompson.com
Sun Jul 16 09:19:02 EDT 2017


Hi Bob,
I have seen the same thing from CenturyLink VDSL2 uplink modem leakage.
Tom   W0IVJ

On 7/16/2017 6:09 AM, Rob Atkinson wrote:
> Howdy,
>
> I've been tolerating something here that is a nuisance for the past
> few years:  Tuning up through 75 meters, at around 3780 or 3790, the
> band noise suddenly goes up 20 dB and stays there all the way up to
> over 5 MHz.  It's just white noise, like data.  Does anyone else have
> this?   I suspect it is AT&T VDSL but I want to find out if there are
> other possible causes.   It's puzzling that only that one frequency
> range has the noise since Uverse or VDSL whatever it is, uses a number
> of other "bands" for data uplink and downlink.  I have done nothing
> partly, because the whole scenario of calling AT&T and getting to a
> human who knows what I'm talking about will probably take hours and be
> a frustrating nightmare but every time I tune down the band and have
> the noise floor suddenly drop I get ticked off.
>
> I guess I'm hoping someone else has had this problem and dealt with it
> and can give me some pointers.   If it is indeed an AT&T problem maybe
> there's a secret phone number to get me right to a technician.
>
> tnx and 73
>
> Rob
> K5UJ
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