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"CAwriter" wrote in message ... Does BPL mean that I can just pack up my equipment? Or is it going to be such a loser than I can ignore it? I live a half mile east of a large power substation with high voltage lines running north. Depending on the weather, I already have occasional interference on all types of wireless reception and transmission. Would satellite or digital radio be better to avoid the interference? Thanks for all your helpful information on this thread! Search around and find out if your local power company has any tests or has expressed any interest in BPL. Frank Dresser |
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CAwriter wrote:
Does BPL mean that I can just pack up my equipment? Or is it going to be such a loser than I can ignore it? I live a half mile east of a large power substation with high voltage lines running north. Depending on the weather, I already have occasional interference on all types of wireless reception and transmission. Presumably BPL is only going to be a last-mile sort of thing. So you will not have to worry about the high voltage lines so much as the local lines in your neighborhood. The noise will be broadband, and will be pretty much everywhere. Would satellite or digital radio be better to avoid the interference? My personal feeling is that BPL will not be cost-effective anywhere and that attempts to put it into place will not be very successful, so there probably won't be too much to worry about. If you are outside of a dense urban area, it probably won't be an issue in any case. Nobody really knows. But in this age where a huge number of appliances don't even come close to meeting Part 15 requirements, I think it's a wonder that HF is as clean as it is. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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I do live in a dense urban area, so some of the interference I'm
getting may be from various household appliances. It's very intermittent. And all the power lines in my immediate neighborhood are above ground, including a power pole and lines about 30 feet from my back door. But I'll stop worrying about BPL. Thanks, (Scott Dorsey) wrote in message ... CAwriter wrote: Does BPL mean that I can just pack up my equipment? Or is it going to be such a loser than I can ignore it? I live a half mile east of a large power substation with high voltage lines running north. Depending on the weather, I already have occasional interference on all types of wireless reception and transmission. Presumably BPL is only going to be a last-mile sort of thing. So you will not have to worry about the high voltage lines so much as the local lines in your neighborhood. The noise will be broadband, and will be pretty much everywhere. Would satellite or digital radio be better to avoid the interference? My personal feeling is that BPL will not be cost-effective anywhere and that attempts to put it into place will not be very successful, so there probably won't be too much to worry about. If you are outside of a dense urban area, it probably won't be an issue in any case. Nobody really knows. But in this age where a huge number of appliances don't even come close to meeting Part 15 requirements, I think it's a wonder that HF is as clean as it is. --scott |
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