Austin Energy 2007 Summer Report on BPL Test Project
Austin Energy Broadband over Power Lines Map .doc,
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Photos of the Corinex boxes at locations:
1,
1a,
1b,
2,
3,
4,
4a,
4b,
4c, and 2 phases
8,
8a,
8b,
11, and
5 (left pole) (the right pole has a capacitor bank which is between 4 and 5)
BPL signal on WWV at location 4 is S9+20 dB. Power line noise at this location was S9 before the BPL installation.
BPL signal on WWV at location 4 is S9+20 dB. This is what it sounds like. There is no WWV signal at all.
BPL signal on 10.105 MHz at location 4 with 2.4 KHz filter on CW. Note that transmitting has no apparent effect on the BPL signal.
BPL signal on 7.041 MHz at location 4 with 2.4 KHz filter on CW. Note that transmitting has no apparent effect on the BPL signal.
BPL signal on 7.038 MHz on the street in front of KD5WMK's QTH. The BPL signal here is raspy pulses rather than the 1 kHz tones.
BPL signal on 7.043 MHz on the street in front of KD5WMK's QTH. Note that transmitting has no apparent effect on the BPL signal.
BPL signal on 10.105 MHz on the street in front of KD5WMK's QTH. Note that transmitting has no apparent effect on the BPL signal.
BPL signal on WWV in front of KD5WMK's QTH. Note that the BPL signal is about the same as WWV.
BPL signal on WWV at the intersection of 3rd and IH35. There is an AM broadcast station on 9.985 MHz that is also audible.
No BPL signal on the opposite side of IH35. Note the cleaness of the signal. The AM broadcast station bleeding through is also audible.
K5GP home page. Did you enjoy the sound of BPL?
BPL assessment in Utility Automation magazine.
Click on the Pages tab and then locate page 38.
Click on that thumbnail to go directly to the article.
The authors are with IBM, the integrators for the BPL system in Houston.
Other technical BPL articles
Non-technical BPL articles:
Ref 1,
Ref 2,
Ref 3,
Ref 4, and
Ref 5