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<H1>PLT Interference Range Contest</H1>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>The Electromagnetic Compatibility Industry Association
(EMCIA) have announced a <STRONG>PLT Interference Range
Contest</STRONG>.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>The EMC Industry Association announces a contest to
identify the interference range of Power Line Telecommunications - otherwise
known as PLC or BPL.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>Competitors may be individuals or groups. They must
demonstrate the presence of interference from a PLT installation – which might
for example, comprise Comtrend or BTVision or Belkin Power Line Adaptors – at
the greatest possible distance.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>Two prizes of VR120 wide-band hand-held Scanner Receivers,
kindly donated by Yaesu (UK) Ltd. are to be won;-</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>The “<STRONG>LDX</STRONG>” prize will go to the entry that,
in the opinion of the organisers, best combines distance with technical
excellence and credibility to Standards and Regulatory bodies.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>The “<STRONG>MTY</STRONG>” – most typical - prize will be
awarded to the entrant whose detection distance is closest to the average
distance claimed by all entrants. The organisers hope that this award will
encourage everyone concerned to enter.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>For details of the rules and how to enter go to </FONT><A
href="http://www.emcia.org/news.aspx" target=_blank><FONT
face=Tahoma>http://www.emcia.org/news.aspx</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>For technical support and in-depth information about PLT go
to </FONT><A href="http://www.theemcjournal.com/" target=_blank><FONT
face=Tahoma>http://www.theemcjournal.com/</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>Entries must be received by Monday 6th September
2010.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>The contest is staged against a background of regulatory
inertia that has resulted in the unfettered sale of hundreds of thousands of PLT
devices that do not conform to the recognised international EMC standards or
regulatory requirements. These cause serious – but sometimes difficult to
identify – interference to short wave broadcast and point-to-point radio
services. The problem has been brought into even sharper focus by the launch of
the Belkin Gigabit PLA whose interference emissions extend into the VHF
frequencies used by FM, DAB and mobile services.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>UKQRM Yahoo Group<BR></FONT><A
href="http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/UKQRM/" target=_blank><FONT
face=Tahoma>http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/UKQRM/</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>RSGB Spectrum Defence Fund.<BR></FONT><A
href="http://www.rsgbshop.org/acatalog/Spectrum_Defence_Fund.html"
target=_blank><FONT
face=Tahoma>http://www.rsgbshop.org/acatalog/Spectrum_Defence_Fund.html</FONT></A></P></DIV></BODY></HTML>