Yes, if you are trying to hear a weak SSB signal and cannot (due to etiquette or engineering) contact the transmitter's operator, there is no way that the operator will know that he/she needs to increase transmitter power.
The transmitter operator is not responsible for spurious radiation (RFI) coming from power lines near the receiver.
Maybe the powerline companies should move to coax as another poster joked.
How can RFI not be an issue when the transmission lines are big antennas with the large RF crap coming from them already? Now they want to actually use them for carrying RF but on lines that are very unsheilded only because they are already there.
This sux. Yet another reason to push for fibre. Riddle me this batman:
Q) What's the spuriously induced RFI that comes from fibre on the poles measured in a home?
A) NONE.
I hope the FCC is all over this issue.
Having had some prior experience with over-powerline-data, the L&Ps will need to have boosters every 1/4-1/8 mile or so due to the lossyness of the medium.
If it's lossy, then where do you think it goes?
Yes, it's radiated!..into your homes.
40 meters is already a joke, but if you've ever tried to resolve pops and fizzles in a radio setup, more often then not, its coming from the power lines already.
The FCC protects the airwaves from interferance through restrictions on radiation (class B computing device, etc..)
It's not about power output.. It's about reception. Trying to hear low power SSB stations already where your antenna is near those dirty power lines is tough enough.
Power lines that carry radio signals WILL radiate, as opposed to the cable companies cable lines that don't radiate off their transmission lines.
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Yes, if you are trying to hear a weak SSB signal and cannot (due to etiquette or engineering) contact the transmitter's operator, there is no way that the operator will know that he/she needs to increase transmitter power. The transmitter operator is not responsible for spurious radiation (RFI) coming from power lines near the receiver. Maybe the powerline companies should move to coax as another poster joked. How can RFI not be an issue when the transmission lines are big antennas with the large RF crap coming from them already? Now they want to actually use them for carrying RF but on lines that are very unsheilded only because they are already there. This sux. Yet another reason to push for fibre. Riddle me this batman: Q) What's the spuriously induced RFI that comes from fibre on the poles measured in a home? A) NONE. I hope the FCC is all over this issue. Having had some prior experience with over-powerline-data, the L&Ps will need to have boosters every 1/4-1/8 mile or so due to the lossyness of the medium. If it's lossy, then where do you think it goes? Yes, it's radiated! ..into your homes.
40 meters is already a joke, but if you've ever tried to resolve pops and fizzles in a radio setup, more often then not, its coming from the power lines already.
The FCC protects the airwaves from interferance through restrictions on radiation (class B computing device, etc..)
ditto! Yes, it's all about the radition those open lines give off.
It's not about power output.. It's about reception. Trying to hear low power SSB stations already where your antenna is near those dirty power lines is tough enough. Power lines that carry radio signals WILL radiate, as opposed to the cable companies cable lines that don't radiate off their transmission lines.