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<H1 class=title>UKQRM Yahoo! Group formed to fight against BPL</H1>
<P class=title><FONT face=Verdana>Radio Netherlands Worldwide reports that a new
Yahoo! Group called <STRONG>UKQRM</STRONG> has been formed. </FONT></P>
<P class=title><FONT face=Verdana>RNW says: This is a meeting place for those
who use HF (shortwave) and are suffering from QRM (interference) caused by a
technology that is not designed to transmit RF. This is known as
<EM><STRONG>Broadband over Power Lines</STRONG></EM> (BPL).</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>Using power line adaptors, BPL devices set up a
network within the home using the mains household wires to carry a radio
frequency signal. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>The frequency used is the whole of the spectrum from 3 -
30 MHz which includes all the shortwave broadcast bands. The resulting
interference extends hundreds of feet from the house with the equipment and
makes listening to shortwave radio impossible for anyone within that range. The
group is concentrating on the situation in the UK, but acknowledges
that the problem is much wider than that.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>Mike, the group owner, has produced this video to
illustrate the problem:</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial><A
href="http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=S__UBDaL-aE">http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=S__UBDaL-aE</A></FONT></EMBED></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>UK readers interested in joining this group should go to
</FONT><A href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UKQRM/" target=_blank><FONT
face=Verdana>groups.yahoo.com/group/UKQRM/</FONT></A><FONT
face=Verdana>.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>Radio Netherlands Worldwide's<STRONG> Andy
Sennitt</STRONG> comments: </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>The traditional DX clubs have been very slow to latch-on
to the threat posed by this technology, so it’s encouraging to see that at least
some listeners in the UK are trying to raise awareness of the problem.
</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>Behind the scenes, RNW has been involved in the effort to
prevent the widespread use of this technology for several years now. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>One of my colleagues has been attending international
conferences to raise objections on behalf of shortwave
roadcasters. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>Unfortunately only a handful of other other
international broadcasters have supported our efforts. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>Interference from these devices affects digital as well as
analogue shortwave signals.</FONT></P>
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<LI><A
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<LI><A
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<LI><FONT face=Verdana><A
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href="http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/wireless-institute-of-australia-issues-statement-on-bpl"
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Fonte: </FONT><FONT face=Verdana>Radio Netherlands
Worldwide's</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>