There is provided a data communication system that performs power line communication having satisfactory communication quality by disposing data in channels where notches or noises do not exist in a distributed manner. There is included a step S01 of transmitting a pilot tone from a data transmitting device to a data receiving device, a step S03 of detecting a frequency band where a notch exists, among frequency bands used for the power line communication, on the basis of the pilot tone by means of the data receiving device, a step S05 of transmitting information on the frequency band where the notch exists, as channel information, to the data transmitting device by means of the data receiving device, a step S07 of setting a channel, which is located within a frequency band where a notch does not exist, as a channel used for the power line communication, by means of the data transmitting device, and a step S09 of disposing data, which is to be transmitted, in each channel and then transmitting the data to the data receiving device, by means of the data transmitting device.