[NCARC] BPL Here? (Broadband over Power Line)

[John Schmidt]

Hi Rob and the list,

There are no trials yet that I've heard about, but Poudre REA just had an
article about BPL in their newsletter. It appears that the REA co-ops are
investigating this technology as a way of getting high-speed internet
access to rural areas. For many of their customers, it may be the only
reasonable way to get broadband access (satellite access has huge
latencies).

73,

John, NK0R

On Thu, 7 Aug 2003, Rod N0RC wrote:

> Folks,
>
> Does anybody know if BPL (Broadband over Power Line) is being tried or
> implemented in our area? Hope not. The interference potential for HF and
> low-VHF spectrum is disturbing. (S5-S9 broad spectrum noise) If you are
> not familiar with this spectrum threat [BPL] you can read more about it
> on the ARRL website:
>
>     http://www.remote.arrl.org/news/stories/2003/08/08/2/?nc=1
>
> The article also has 2 MPEG movies featuring Ed Hare, W1RFI, ARRL Lab
> Manager, running some field tests--it isn't pretty.
>
> The MPEGs are big 22Mb and 7Mb. If there enough interest I can bring a
> notebook computer to the next meeting and show the video(s), they are
> about 5 minutes long.
>
> Additional articles on BPL affect on radio spectrum can be found here:
>
>     http://www.remote.arrl.org/news/features/2003/07/08/1/
>
>     http://www.remote.arrl.org/announce/regulatory/et03-104/
>
>     http://www.remote.arrl.org/tis/info/HTML/plc/
>
>
> 73, Rod N0RC
>
>
>
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