Title :
Interference temperature measurements from 70 to 1500 MHz in suburban and rural environments of the Northeast
Author :
Rogers, A.E.E. ; Salah, J.E. ; Smythe, D.L. ; Pratap, P. ; Carter, J.C. ; Derome, M.
Author_Institution :
MIT Haystack Obs., Westford, MA
Abstract :
We report sensitive spectrum measurements from 70 to 1500 MHz of the radio interference (RFI) environment at locations in Westford, Massachusetts and Hancock, New Hampshire. These measurements show that below 400 MHz the interference in bands allocated to passive services is often limited by unintentional signals from power lines and part 15 devices
Keywords :
bandwidth allocation; frequency allocation; microwave measurement; radiofrequency interference; spectral analysers; 70 to 1500 MHz; Hancock; Massachusetts; New Hampshire; Northeast; RFI; Westford; bands allocation; interference temperature measurement; passive service; radio interference; rural environment; sensitive spectrum measurement; suburban environment; Broadband antennas; Calibration; Directive antennas; Monitoring; Noise figure; Polarization; Radiofrequency interference; Spectral analysis; Switches; Temperature measurement;
Conference_Titel :
New Frontiers in Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks, 2005. DySPAN 2005. 2005 First IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0013-9
DOI :
10.1109/DYSPAN.2005.1542625
