For improving the reception quality of a radio receiver (2) in a powerline communication network a method for operating said powerline communication network is proposed, wherein network nodes (3 to 7) are operated in accordance to frequency information received by said nodes (3 to 7) so as to filter a given frequency span for tuning said radio receiver (2) and/or to communicate with each other at most at complementary frequency spans and/or at frequencies lying outside said frequency span of said radio receiver (2).