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Amateur radio and HomePlug: a Ham operator responds

I appreciate your article about the PLC HomePlug adapters that can cause terrible radio interference on the HF spectrum.I have tested a pair of Devolo HomePlug adapters myself and found them to create terrible radio interference.

See the following YouTube clips for further information:

You need to read the  EMC Journal clip (PDF document - registration is free) about the EMC problems that comes with PLT/PLC/BPL:

"The EMC Journal, issue 83, july 2009"

The sad thing is that HomePlug intrudes on an already occupied spectrum, and notching does only reduce the radio interference inside the amateur radio bands. The international shortwave listeners bands are heavily affected with radio interference. Not good !

Most radio amateurs and shortwave listeners are using the internet and we all want to see products that do not makes our radio receivers go deaf. Good engineering practice would have allowed both to be used at the same time, not one or the other.

That is why we should get rid of HomePlug, use cat-5 cable or wifi instead !

Best regards
LA4AMA
Roar Dehli
Norway