Before folks get into the griping and plotting (too late!) mode, I'd like
to say this is not a defeat. The NOI was about whether the FCC should
increase permitted conducted and radiated emission levels. BPL didn't get
what they asked for. They DID get a new, additional requirement to stop
interfering when contacted locally; Part 15 only requires generators of
interference to stop only when contacted by the Commission.
Yes, they'll make a hash of the spectrum. But not any more so than Part 15
allowed them to before their unwise request for special treatment. And if
all the folks they interfere with complain, there won't be many frequencies
left for them to use. I am a MARS member, and the frequency matrices of the
Tri-Service MARS programs, plus the Amateur bands, would pretty much rule
out their profitable use of HF.
Of course now we have to work at keeping them in line.
Cortland Richmond
KA5S / AAR9UT
> [Original Message]
> From: Jim Brown <jimbrown.enteract@rcn.com>
> To: RFI List <rfi@contesting.com>
> Date: 2/13/2004 7:36:36 AM
> Subject: [RFI] FCC okays BPL proposal
>
> On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 18:20:58 -0500, ARRL Web site wrote:
>
> >The FCC has unanimously approved a Notice of Proposed Rule Making
> >(NPRM) to deploy Broadband over Power Line (BPL).
>
> As a city resident and ong time believer that one should be a good
> neighbor, and as a ham who believes that much of the fun of operating
> lies in doing it with lower power, I've never run more than 100 watts
> in my 49 years of hamming.
>
> BPL changes that. I'm buying a legal limit amplifier, and I'm going to
> use it a lot.
>
> Use it, or lose it.
>
> Oh -- and I'm also going to work very hard to defeat Republicans in the
> upcoming elections, who are the reason the FCC is packed with folks who
> think all of this is a good idea.
>
> Jim Brown K9YC
>
>
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