[RFI] HomePlug OK?

[Dave Cole (NK7Z)]

It is always good to "try" one...  Make sure the Comcast folks are aware 
that you won't accept, or pay for it if it generates RFI, prior to 
install...

My guess, and this is only guess, is that it will be quiet...  Netgear 
got into trouble a few years ago, and filtered their Ethernet over power 
line hardware for the ham bands.  I once IDed some RFI for a friend, by 
the holes in the spray, right on each ham band, from a Netgear device. 
He was a SWL as well, and it played hob with his receiver when not on 
the ham bands.

73s and thanks,
Dave (NK7Z/NNR0DC)
https://www.nk7z.net
ARRL Technical Specialist

On 09/01/2018 01:32 PM, N4ZR wrote:
> I am having a lot of trouble with my Comcast wifi's range.  The tech 
> recommends going to a Homeplug system to connect my router to my 
> computers.  The latest version claims gigabit speeds, but I'd settle for 
> 50 Mbps.  I recall that back in the day there was concern that the 
> frequencies HomePlug was sending across the 110 VAC might interfere with 
> the HF amateur bands, and that ARRL got the manufacturers to move.  Any 
> reason not to try one of the later evolutions like AV2
>