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In reply to a post by eckiedoo:

WILL YOU TWO PLEASE DESIST AND TAKE YOUR CRYSTAL RADIO DISCUSSION ELSEWHERE instead of hijacking my thread about REIN issues.

Point taken ,NP.
But if you read back in the posts you will see that I have stated "But this is not helping the OP to solve the problem" or something like that.
BTW no need to shout.

wrong quote number the above quote was meant to be fourtytwo.

Edited by deleted (Tue 23-Aug-16 19:21:21)

In reply to a post by broadband66:

Forget broadband and get your noisy line sorted then your bb may be ok. If not then you can talk about REIN.

I fear you have not read the post properly otherwise you would not make such a statement.

In reply to a post by Zarjaz:

as previously explained the drop in dsl snr is accompanied by a loud buzzing noise from the radio.

Lots of things make audible noise on an MW radio, that doesn't mean that the source is producing REIN.

You need specialist equipment to hunt in earnest.

Unusual then that the drop in snr precisely coincides with the start and end of noise on the radio and indeed an am radio is suggested here and in other forums for use in this manner, perhaps you have not read that information before!

The way I see it is that two things need attention:
1: The two cables that are running near each other might need sorting.
2: You say that you can here [hum] interference on your line.?
If so the only route is to report a noisy line and at the same time mention the cables to the engineer.

Sorry about the ferrite stuff, but you mentioning a radio somehow got that going.

Unusual then that the drop in snr precisely coincides with the start and end of noise on the radio and indeed an am radio is suggested here and in other forums for use in this manner

Yes, a radio can give an indication, but it is just that.

perhaps you have not read that information before!

Though I daresay you'll doubt me, but I have more than a little experience in this field, hence my advice in earlier posts.

I fear you have not read the post properly otherwise you would not make such a statement.

And I fear you are ignoring the sound advice you are being offered.

REIN is a strange one, and as Zarjaz pointed out, it is easy to jump to conclusions. Zarjaz is an openreach engineer himself and has a wealth of experience with this, so my two cents is to take some advice.

I had a noisy line for a long time and it was not fixed by getting a REIN engineer, despite REIN being suggested to be the issue by openreach... A standard engineer was able to change the E side and D side. Problem fixed.

"Quiet line test has only fairly faint mains hum."

From your first post. I fear you can't remember what you typed.
A QLT is as the name suggests QUIET!

In particular there is no mains power on a phone line. So a faint mains hum is clearly a problem.

Do you use a cordless phone or a (cheapo) corded one?

If cordless, then the hum could be from that or its power supply. Get a corded one for line testing. Typically under £10 from DIY and electronics shops.

Mine is stuffed away in a cupboard, but used every now and then for this and similar purposes.