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"Owen" wrote in message ... Frank wrote: In the BPL report at http://www.ofcom.org.uk/research/tec...line/ascom.pdf I noticed the system noise floor at about 10 dBuV/m (in 9 kHz). For the tests they used an active bi-conical antenna. (By my calculations 10 dBuV/m is about 9 uV(2.5 kHz BW) from a 40 m dipole at 7 MHz.) In the previously Yes, Fig 8 shows about 10dBuV/m in 9KHz which interpolates to 5dBuV/m in 3KHz, and their measurements used a peak detector. On white noise, the QP value would probably be 2 to 3dB lower. I have made a large number of measurements at my home QTH (in a residential neighbourhoos) using a half wave dipole and assuming an average gain of -1.2dBi or an AF of -11.6dB/m and I regularly get ambient noise readings down to around 0 to 3dBuV/m QP in 3KHz or extrapolated to 9KHz BW, 5 to 8dBuV/m QP. Ambient noise is probably lower than indicated by ITU P372-8! mentioned report most of the BPL signals -- even at 1 meter from the source -- is 60 dBuV/m. It seems your system with the loop will be much less sensitive at about 100 uV/m (+40 dBuV/m). See my response to Reg re the noise floor for the setup, I make it around 8dbuV/m or 2.5uV/m. I don't pretend it can measure ambient noise, but it can and has measured BPL interference at 40dBuV/m to 70dBuV/m. What detector do you think should be used to evaluate the interference potential of BPL? I had thought that the QP detector was designed to the "annoyance" effect to AM or SSB modulation. CISPR has standardized this detector, and it's been adopted for many legal compliance standards world-wide. Yet the USA & British military insist on use of a Peak detector. Perhaps a dual level is needed, with a QP value for comparison of harm to the older analog modulation techniques, and a Peak value, for comparison of harm to digital modulation techniques. -- Ed WB6WSN El Cajon, CA USA |
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