{"id":21511,"date":"2016-09-22T08:12:32","date_gmt":"2016-09-22T12:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=21511"},"modified":"2016-09-22T08:13:03","modified_gmt":"2016-09-22T12:13:03","slug":"airgig-a-new-bpl-technology-that-promises-less-rfi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/airgig-a-new-bpl-technology-that-promises-less-rfi\/","title":{"rendered":"AirGig: a new BPL technology that promises less RFI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-21512\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ProjectAirGig-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"projectairgig\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, DanH, who writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I read this news item today. AT&amp;T has a new approach to broadband over power lines called AirGig. Supposedly, this technology will avoid RFI issues encountered with previous BPL technologies. This shouldn\u2019t be an issue in my neighborhood where power lines are underground. Underground utilities still have RFI issues. My next door neighbor\u2019s AT&amp;T high speed internet swamps out all nearly all shortwave signals below 4.7 MHz within radius of 30 feet from the connection box.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fortune.com\/2016\/09\/20\/att-internet-over-powerlines\/\">http:\/\/fortune.com\/2016\/09\/20\/att-internet-over-powerlines\/<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Many thanks, DanH! Here is a\u00a0short promo video for AirGig:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZF09OWzv_pw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, DanH, who writes: I read this news item today. AT&amp;T has a new approach to broadband over power lines called AirGig. Supposedly, this technology will avoid RFI issues encountered with previous BPL technologies. This shouldn\u2019t be an issue in my neighborhood where power lines are underground. Underground utilities still [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,196],"tags":[5491,5117,202,5115,4089,453],"class_list":["post-21511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-qrm","tag-airgig","tag-att","tag-bpl","tag-danh","tag-qrm","tag-rfi"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-5AX","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19942,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/rfi-from-solar-power-installations\/","url_meta":{"origin":21511,"position":0},"title":"RFI from solar power installations","author":"Thomas","date":"July 4, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: Southgate ARC) The Netherlands national amateur radio society VERON reports on the pollution problems caused by Solar Panels installed on homes Electrical systems such as solar panel installations must comply with EMC (Electro Magnetic Compatibility) standards. That means that there is a limit to the electromagnetic fields (EMF) that\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"PV-Solar-Panels","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/PV-Solar-Panels.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/PV-Solar-Panels.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/PV-Solar-Panels.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/PV-Solar-Panels.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":45481,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/09\/post-storm-power-outage-leads-emilio-to-find-the-rfi-spewing-source-of-his-problems\/","url_meta":{"origin":21511,"position":1},"title":"Post-storm power outage leads Emilio to find the RFI-spewing source of his problems","author":"Thomas","date":"September 20, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWling Post contributor, Emilio Ruiz, who shares the following guest post: Apprehending an RFI-generating monster! 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I am not really interested in FM, but I would like to listen to international stations on SW, utilities\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;AM&quot;","block_context":{"text":"AM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/am\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/PL-680-BBC-Click-Frequency.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/PL-680-BBC-Click-Frequency.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/PL-680-BBC-Click-Frequency.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/PL-680-BBC-Click-Frequency.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":55833,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/02\/resource-for-tracking-down-sources-of-pv-system-rfi\/","url_meta":{"origin":21511,"position":3},"title":"Resource for tracking down sources of PV system RFI","author":"Thomas","date":"February 14, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Jerome van der Linden, who writes: Hello Thomas, In asking the manufacturer of the inverter for the solar array on our house what I might be able to do to reduce the EMI coming out of it, he gave me some Googling ideas, which\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Solar-Panel-House-scaled.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Solar-Panel-House-scaled.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Solar-Panel-House-scaled.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Solar-Panel-House-scaled.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Solar-Panel-House-scaled.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Solar-Panel-House-scaled.jpeg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":34180,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/arcing-can-produce-nasty-broadband-radio-interference\/","url_meta":{"origin":21511,"position":4},"title":"Arcing can produce nasty broadband radio interference","author":"Thomas","date":"September 21, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"I mentioned in a previous post that, this year, QRM levels here at the condo in Qu\u00e9bec are higher on our balcony than they are inside the building. 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