[RFI] A troubling new source of RFI

[Dave Cole (NK7Z)]

I have also used Ethernet over Power lines, NetGear, the version that 
has the ham bands filtered...  Worked fine...  I SWL, so I eventually 
got rid of them...

Quick story:

I was helping another ham look for RFI, and noticed that the RFI quit in 
the ham bands, (he was a SWL as well).  I mentioned this and said it 
might be Ethernet over Power line, he looked across the street, and a 
truck from a local Internet company was in the driveway...

Turns out the neighbor worked for an Internet company, and was using 
Ethernet over Power lines...

73s and thanks,
Dave (NK7Z)
https://www.nk7z.net
Award Manager, 30MDG Grid Contest
ARRL Technical Specialist
ARRL Volunteer Examiner
ARRL OOC for Oregon

On 1/17/19 7:49 AM, David Eckhardt wrote:
> I once tried Ethernet over house power wiring.  It didn't last long.  When
> I loaded a kW into the antenna, that took care of it.  The "adapter" went
> up in smoke, literally.  However, when it was operating, the RFI was about
> as bad as the recordings all of us have heard of BPL.
> 
> Dave - WØLEV
> 
> 
> On Wed, Jan 16, 2019 at 7:15 PM Volodya S <canswl at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> I'd  love to  have a hand.  Love to see your approach on how to deal with
>> it, though!    73,  Walt
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 16, 2019 at 7:14 PM R. Colin Newell <coffeecanuck at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Ethernet over powerline — UGLY...
>>>
>>> Easy to track to an individual house.
>>>
>>> I can look this Sunday.
>>>
>>> Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA -
>>>
>>>> On Jan 16, 2019, at 11:04 AM, Volodya S <canswl at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> <Unidentified RFI 15Jan2019 Victoria.jpg>
>>>> Since returning after Christmas, I'm noticing a very troublesome source
>>> of RFI right across the bands from about 2 MHz to 30 MHz.  Each spike is
>>> very narrow as you can see.  It's there 24/7.  The ham bands are equally
>>> affected.  There appears to be short data bursts intermittently, I think.
>>> Ideas of what they may be?  Solutions?    73,  Walt Salmaniw, Victoria,
>> BC
>>>
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