Broadband over Powerlines - A Radio Amateur's Perspective

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A radio amateur's tour of the Mt Nelson BPL trail in Hobart, Tasmania.
Audible and Visual presentation of the interference potential of this technology.
More information is available at: http://reast.asn.au/vk7bplwatch.php

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You fix this ... ( 1 year ago by rugged74)

You fix this problem with a well-placed .308 round. Oh I forgot, Australia confiscated your guns :-(
May the one-world-government pigs have more difficulty in disarming America!

if bpl is ... ( 1 year ago by floydiangreen)

if bpl is unlicenced by the acma how can you be responisible for harmfull interference?
time to up grade the linear amp and drop carriers!!

Nicely done!!! 73' ... ( 1 year ago by rudyiking)

Nicely done!!! 73's Rudy King KC0GQT

Excellent! ( 1 year ago by mykol13v)

Excellent!

OK lets suppose BPL ... ( 1 year ago by KC0TCH)

OK lets suppose BPL goes through ...your sitting pretty with your BPL... WHAM!!! a anatural disaster hits and your home is wiped off the face of the earth... Sorry we hams cant help now because our tickets were cancelled .

The main solution ... ( 1 year ago by bearprovedyouwrong)

The main solution would lie on RFI suppression nodes and require internet service providers that use BPL to have to install these suppression kits along the powerlines.

Another sulution to ... ( 1 year ago by bearprovedyouwrong)

Another sulution to this would be to limit use of BPL for underground powerlines only the earth would effectivly suppress all RFI emissions.

sulution run high ... ( 1 year ago by bearprovedyouwrong)

sulution run high power amplifiers in the middle of the HF band with a high power dirty unfiltered amp. Bye them linear amps peeps and Block BPLs

Long Live 80 meters! ( 1 year ago by bearprovedyouwrong)

Long Live 80 meters!

Very informative ... ( 1 year ago by randy946)

Very informative and nicely done. Thank you!

Interesting video.. ... ( 10 months ago by tarmotanilsoo)

Interesting video... Actually, Estonia first also thought about doing Broadband over Powerlines as well, but our energy company decided to go on with wireless CDMA connections instead.

welcome to the ... ( 7 months ago by semnopithecus2)

welcome to the digital age !!!

Digital SUCKS! When ... ( 7 months ago by rainbowbritekicksazz)

Digital SUCKS! When the signal is weak its GONE Digital is either on or OFF ,most of the time its OFF!I hate it !

very well put!!! ... ( 6 months ago by nr4dw)

very well put!!! BPL Hopefully will not be the next big thing with the internet,
In an emergency, hang it up, this BPL crap will not enable ham radio operators to help get communications through when desperatly needed!!

Another thing that ... ( 6 months ago by Amishman35)

Another thing that obliterates shortwave, but to a lesser extent is cable modems, they load the whole house from 1800 kHz to 20 Mhz with what sounds like AC mains hum, I have to go outside with a Digital Voice Recorder to receive SSTV pictures. But your situation is MUCH worse. You can't even hear the alternator of the automobile, and you're right on top of it (car electronic QRM is REALLY LOUD, and BPL PLC in a far off house knocks it off the air). Ethernet cables kill shortwave too.

Thanks for your ... ( 6 months ago by VK7TW)

Thanks for your comments. One aspect that really concerns me about BPL is its ability to blanket whole suburbs with broadband noise. I purposely left the alternator noise in the video. Originally I thought about trying to get rid of the alternator noise but realised it was a good reference.
Fortunately, we no longer have the BPL problem as the power company made a decision in November 2007 to stop the trial and the BPL kit was removed from poles around Hobart in January 2008.

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BPL was a bad idea ... ( 6 months ago by sophiegromit)

BPL was a bad idea from the start! Governments should not allow deployment of BPL, given the huge interference issues.

Fear not, boys. ... ( 6 months ago by rasputinsdog)

Fear not, boys. Even the BPL industry has figured out BPL isn't cost effective. Money talks, b.s. walks. Given the availability of cable, DSL, and city-wide wifi Internet services, BPL will go the way of the Edsel.

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very im have only ... ( 5 months ago by Icycoldcoke)

very im have only ever a cb user but have a underling but have always been of getting my full call but if this comes in i dont think i would worry about getting my full call Cheers n 73's 43jb01 Adam

good video mate! ... ( 4 months ago by mikesndbs)

good video mate! well done.
Check my channel to see what's happening here in the UK

i wish the relevant ... ( 4 months ago by zoolkhan)

i wish the relevant people would see this vido as it illustrate nicely our worries. vy 73 oh8xat

well thats what you ... ( 2 weeks ago by rdt1970)

well thats what you get for gov regulation fuck em i say. gov wants you to take the test so gather more info on people who can use transmitters etc. new they will want you to take a test to operate the dam tv

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