w2co
join:2003-07-16
Longmont, CO
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Re: bring on the qrm
"He said the utility has found no problem with radio wave interference, a concern raised by many amateur radio operators."
Yeah well I suppose you would believe your used car salesman when he told you that your car did not put out exhaust gasses. Dream on - I won't get into the explanation on this subject anymore except to say that an rf signal introduced to an open wire WILL Radiate. Physics 101. |
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yabos
join:2003-02-16
Ingersoll, ON | So, if it doesn't emit any interference in the HAM and emergency bands then who cares. |
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w2co
join:2003-07-16
Longmont, CO
| Well the ham bands are not the only places in the hf spectrum that are being used. You have the NTIA with hundreds of government/defense frequencies in heavy usage daily, you have FEMA with plenty of hf usage, the airlines transoceanic flight system on hf, what about the regular shortwave bands? Ham radio only takes up aprox. 6% of the 1-30Mhz spectrum. I am happy to hear that they are notching out the ham bands, but they will still have plenty of complaints after wide area deployment. The noise floor will steadily increase with each deployment, and with skipzone more and more into play, it will spell doom. |
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