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QRP & BPL
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I am not sure who would want to answer this, but I have a question about homebrewing. I had been doing it for about a year until I had heard about how BPL was going to completely obliterate all possibility of weak signal work. I had therefore stopped my hobby since the start of this year and started reading the ARRL articles re BPL's progress through the FCC. In your regular QRP work, have you or others began experiencing massive interference from BPL? Are there still HF bands which will still remain worthwhile to use, if so, which ones? Thanks, The Eternal Squire WA2JAZ |
"The Eternal Squire" wrote in message ... Hi, I am not sure who would want to answer this, but I have a question about homebrewing. I had been doing it for about a year until I had heard about how BPL was going to completely obliterate all possibility of weak signal work. I had therefore stopped my hobby since the start of this year and started reading the ARRL articles re BPL's progress through the FCC. In your regular QRP work, have you or others began experiencing massive interference from BPL? Are there still HF bands which will still remain worthwhile to use, if so, which ones? Thanks, The Eternal Squire WA2JAZ At the moment, BPL deployments are small and few in numbers ... their sphere of severe interference is therefore limited. However, with massive, nearly ubiquitous deployments, the interference will end up being virtually everywhere ... that is the major concern. 73, Carl - wk3c |
"The Eternal Squire" wrote in message ... Hi, I am not sure who would want to answer this, but I have a question about homebrewing. I had been doing it for about a year until I had heard about how BPL was going to completely obliterate all possibility of weak signal work. I had therefore stopped my hobby since the start of this year and started reading the ARRL articles re BPL's progress through the FCC. In your regular QRP work, have you or others began experiencing massive interference from BPL? Are there still HF bands which will still remain worthwhile to use, if so, which ones? Thanks, The Eternal Squire WA2JAZ At the moment, BPL deployments are small and few in numbers ... their sphere of severe interference is therefore limited. However, with massive, nearly ubiquitous deployments, the interference will end up being virtually everywhere ... that is the major concern. 73, Carl - wk3c |
"The Eternal Squire" wrote in message ... Hi, I am not sure who would want to answer this, but I have a question about homebrewing. I had been doing it for about a year until I had heard about how BPL was going to completely obliterate all possibility of weak signal work. I had therefore stopped my hobby since the start of this year and started reading the ARRL articles re BPL's progress through the FCC. In your regular QRP work, have you or others began experiencing massive interference from BPL? Are there still HF bands which will still remain worthwhile to use, if so, which ones? BPL hasn't happened yet on any type of widespread basis. So far there's really only been a few pilot programs in limited areas. I wouldn't put the brakes on your QRP work just yet. In addition, no matter what the marketing hype is, there is a good chance that in many areas it simply won't be economically feasible or that it won't be able to effectively compete against DSL and cable access. Since BPL will be carried over unshielded lines, it will be subject to dropouts from all kinds of interference thus vastly slowing its effective speed, quite possibly below what is available with a simple phone line and dialup service. Dee D. Flint, N8UZE |
"The Eternal Squire" wrote in message ... Hi, I am not sure who would want to answer this, but I have a question about homebrewing. I had been doing it for about a year until I had heard about how BPL was going to completely obliterate all possibility of weak signal work. I had therefore stopped my hobby since the start of this year and started reading the ARRL articles re BPL's progress through the FCC. In your regular QRP work, have you or others began experiencing massive interference from BPL? Are there still HF bands which will still remain worthwhile to use, if so, which ones? BPL hasn't happened yet on any type of widespread basis. So far there's really only been a few pilot programs in limited areas. I wouldn't put the brakes on your QRP work just yet. In addition, no matter what the marketing hype is, there is a good chance that in many areas it simply won't be economically feasible or that it won't be able to effectively compete against DSL and cable access. Since BPL will be carried over unshielded lines, it will be subject to dropouts from all kinds of interference thus vastly slowing its effective speed, quite possibly below what is available with a simple phone line and dialup service. Dee D. Flint, N8UZE |
In addition to QRP, BPL could wreak havoc with mobile services -- here in NJ
(JCPL is part of GPU -- GPU is part of First Energy -- what a marriage -- the 8/14/03 disaster coupled with Three Mile Island!!) there are some places where the interference from power line connectors, poorly maintained transmission just crackles. Fortunately BPL is unlikely here due to Comcast or Verizon's DSL. "The Eternal Squire" wrote in message ... Hi, I am not sure who would want to answer this, but I have a question about homebrewing. I had been doing it for about a year until I had heard about how BPL was going to completely obliterate all possibility of weak signal work. I had therefore stopped my hobby since the start of this year and started reading the ARRL articles re BPL's progress through the FCC. In your regular QRP work, have you or others began experiencing massive interference from BPL? Are there still HF bands which will still remain worthwhile to use, if so, which ones? Thanks, The Eternal Squire WA2JAZ |
In addition to QRP, BPL could wreak havoc with mobile services -- here in NJ
(JCPL is part of GPU -- GPU is part of First Energy -- what a marriage -- the 8/14/03 disaster coupled with Three Mile Island!!) there are some places where the interference from power line connectors, poorly maintained transmission just crackles. Fortunately BPL is unlikely here due to Comcast or Verizon's DSL. "The Eternal Squire" wrote in message ... Hi, I am not sure who would want to answer this, but I have a question about homebrewing. I had been doing it for about a year until I had heard about how BPL was going to completely obliterate all possibility of weak signal work. I had therefore stopped my hobby since the start of this year and started reading the ARRL articles re BPL's progress through the FCC. In your regular QRP work, have you or others began experiencing massive interference from BPL? Are there still HF bands which will still remain worthwhile to use, if so, which ones? Thanks, The Eternal Squire WA2JAZ |
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