{"id":16607,"date":"2017-01-10T16:00:45","date_gmt":"2017-01-10T16:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/?p=16607"},"modified":"2017-01-10T16:10:51","modified_gmt":"2017-01-10T16:10:51","slug":"vdsl-interference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/news\/rsgb-notices\/2017\/01\/10\/vdsl-interference\/","title":{"rendered":"VDSL interference"},"content":{"rendered":"

The\u00a0RSGB\u2019s Electromagnetic Compatibility Committee (EMCC) has\u00a0worked with BT Technology Services\u00a0and Operations and\u00a0also\u00a0Openreach to design a new process to improve the way\u00a0multiple\u00a0line checks are done. This can only\u00a0be used where the EMCC has received reports from amateurs that it checks and believes are caused by VDSL RFI. In these cases, lines in the near vicinity of the complainant can be\u00a0checked remotely to\u00a0see if they exhibit line faults that may increase VDSL RFI problems. If\u00a0metallic line faults are identified, Openreach will then take steps to fix them.<\/p>\n

If you want to follow this route\u00a0please request a\u00a0form from\u00a0emc.chairman@rsgb.org.uk<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0The EMCC will\u00a0review the case\u00a0and, if appropriate, will\u00a0pass it to Openreach for remote testing of your\u00a0line\u00a0and\u00a0nearby lines. This process can take several months to complete especially if\u00a0there are many lines to\u00a0check.<\/p>\n

In the trials to date, around 20% of amateurs who have\u00a0had this check done have reported much reduced RFI after fault correction,\u00a0another 20% have\u00a0seen some improvement and about 60% of problems were identified\u00a0as possible issues in home wiring that Openreach\u00a0is\u00a0not in a position to\u00a0address.<\/p>\n

The RSGB is grateful to Openreach for providing this service\u00a0to help amateurs reduce the RFI caused by line faults.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The\u00a0RSGB\u2019s Electromagnetic Compatibility Committee (EMCC) has\u00a0worked with BT Technology Services\u00a0and Operations and\u00a0also\u00a0Openreach to design a new process to improve the way\u00a0multiple\u00a0line checks are done. This can only\u00a0be used where the EMCC has received reports from amateurs that it checks and believes are caused by VDSL RFI. In these cases, lines in the near vicinity of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20361,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[274,55],"tags":[313,311],"class_list":["post-16607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-front-page-news","category-rsgb-notices","tag-emc","tag-vdsl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20361"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16607"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16607\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}