BPL battle continues in Tasmania

We have already had reports from the Burnie that strong interference has been heard along Malonga Drive and radio amateurs there are keeping a close ear and eye on activities.

Conrad, VK7HCK even invited technical representatives from Aurora Energy in to his home to experience first hand the level of interference he has to put up with.

Conrad demonstrated to the Aurora engineer and technician the interference across the HF amateur bands showing them the S9+ noise level experienced.

To prove it was BPL, Conrad also showed them the spectrogram of the interference using the Spectran which showed the regular carrier pattern across the spectrum being monitored.

What was their reaction, I hear you ask?

The Aurora engineer denied that the interference was caused by BPL even after being shown the spectrogram of regular carriers.

Suffice to say, the meeting ended abruptly after this!

The matter was put in the hands of the ACMA and it is understood that a representative from the ACMA took another round of measurements a day after the Aurora meeting.

Justin, VK7TW

Source: Wireless Institute of Australia