[R-390] Re: Manassas BPL

[Rbethman]

Dave,

    I live in Point of Woods - on Bayberry Ave.

Bob

Dave Maples wrote:

>Bob: Where in Manassas do you live?  I'm just south of Manassas in the
>Mayfair development...
>
>All: I have heard stuff as I was mobiling around Manassas, but I haven't
>heard anything that sounds like wideband noise.  What I hear is more like
>switching power supplies (and those are becoming more and more common, with
>less and less filtering...).
>
>Dave WB4FUR
>
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>Sent: Sunday, July 04, 2004 12:11 PM
>To: JamesMiller
>Cc: r-390 at mailman.qth.net
>Subject: [R-390] Re: Manassas BPL
>
>
>James and the group,
>
>    It indeed IS serious!
>
>    I've made my comments to the FCC.
>
>    I haven't had the opportunity to go to the City Council as of yet.
>
>    I want to record the interference on my reeel to reel first.
>
>    Manassas has ONLY one thing going FOR this, most of the power system
>is underground.
>
>    That being said, the bursts of data can be picked up ALL OVER the
>dial of the R-390As.
>
>    For those NOT in the underground system area, it MUST be horrendous.
>
>    It does, even in my area, cover some low level signals, and make
>others VERY hard to copy.
>
>    My antennas are nowhere near the power feed.  It is coming through
>the power line itself, and then into the R-390A.
>
>    I do NOT find it worse when I turn on the E.F. Johnson TR Switch,
>which is amplified.  BUT to clarify once again - I live in the part that
>is underground!
>
>    I wish it was portable.  I could drive around and give a GOOD test
>and recordings!
>
>Bob - N0DGN
>
>JamesMiller wrote:
>
>  
>
>>I see you're in Manassas VA, which now has Broadband over Power Line (BPL)
>>service, as I understand it.  How has BPL affected your R-390 HF listening?
>>What's the interference level like?  (this is a serious thread)...
>>
>>
>>    
>>
>
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