Sorry, of course you're correct, thanks for clarifying.

I should have said "any power wires", since power lines are not shielded
or run in twisted pairs. The HAM radio folks say that the emissions from
power wires containing BPL transmissions can be detected up to a mile away.


On 24 Nov 2004 13:39:04 -0800, John Barry wrote:

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When you run high frequencies through any wires, you'll get radiation. I
suspect the frequencies used for BPL (mhz), combined with the waveforms
used, will lead to radiation at a variety of frequencies due to the
harmonics.

Not really. Depends on their efficiency as an antenna. Consider
coax. Cat-5 (UTP) is rendered a lousy antenna by the pairwise
twisting. Cogitate as follows:
Say a pair is carrying waveform, and length per full twist is l. l is
much shorter than wavelength on cable. A section of cable of length
l/2 propagates electromagnetic radiation to cancel that of adjacent
l/4-length sections.

Not to mention the very low-voltage (fractional volt) signal and hign
forward impedance.

HTH,
John