Unfortunately, your analogy does not survive close inspection. There is no
way to compensate for the loss of a species; if you lose access to HF,
however, you can chat with your VK friends using voice over internet (VOIP).
You have lost a mode of communication, not the ability to communicate.
Please keep in mind that I do not support the allocation of amateur spectrum
to BPL. My point is that some arguments against BPL are counterproductive,
and should be abandoned in favor of those that are more effective.
73,
Dave, AA6YQ
-----Original Message-----
From: rfi-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:rfi-bounces@contesting.com] On
Behalf Of Ward Silver
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2004 10:37 AM
To: rfi@contesting.com
Subject: [RFI] RE: Broadband over Power Line (BPL) radio interference
> If I say "you can't have cheap broadband access because I want to be
> able
to
> chat on the radio with my friends in Australia each evening", then I'm
> arguing that my self-interest is more important than your
> self-interest.
You
> are of course free to disagree, self-interest being entirely
> subjective.
If
> enough of a majority decides they prefer cheap broadband access over
> hams continuing to do their thing, then the hams will lose. Actually,
> all
that's
> required for hams to lose is the belief by politicians and bureaucrats
that
> a majority won't strenuously object.
My response to this argument has been to say that hams are acting as
"canaries in the coal mine", tipping off the public and corporations to the
problems of this technology before it becomes pervasive enough to do real
harm. Just as the sport fishermen and duck hunters helped raise awareness
about water pollution a generation ago, we are doing the same for spectrum
pollution. Whether or not amateur radio and sport fishing are critical to
society is not the point, but irreversible and needless loss of spectrum
used by important services certainly is.
73, Ward N0AX
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