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RE: [RFI] This'd help in some areas

To: "Dave Bernstein" <dave.bernstein@comcast.net>,<jimjarvis@ieee.org>, <rfi@contesting.com>
Subject: RE: [RFI] This'd help in some areas
From: "Richard (Rick) Karlquist (N6RK)" <richard@karlquist.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2004 16:27:36 -0700
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The CHP has jurisdiction in unincorporated areas only.
Those "rural" areas the BPL'ers always talk about
even though all the trials are in cities.

I live just inside the city limit and the CHP only works
its side of the street (ie the non-city side).

Rick N6RK

> -----Original Message-----
> From: rfi-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:rfi-bounces@contesting.com]On
> Behalf Of Dave Bernstein
> Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2004 3:47 PM
> To: jimjarvis@ieee.org; rfi@contesting.com
> Subject: RE: [RFI] This'd help in some areas
>
>
> That makes sense, Jim. We could then correlate low-band usage
> with BPL pilot
> locations.  If there are matches, then we know where to focus our efforts.
> If there are no matches, this fact would substantiate an
> allegation that the
> BPL industry is gaming their pilots by choosing locations where
> interference
> is unlikely, as is implied by at least one statement in the ARRL BPL web
> site.
>
>     73,
>
>         Dave, AA6YQ
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rfi-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:rfi-bounces@contesting.com] On
> Behalf Of Jim Jarvis
> Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2004 2:00 PM
> To: rfi@contesting.com
> Subject: [RFI] This'd help in some areas
>
>
>
> See Mike's comment, below...mine beneath them.
>
> -0-
> Doing an Ed Hare style video of a state highway patrolman sitting in his
> cruiser trying to copy a dispatch thru BPL hash on his low-band VHF radio
> would be very valueable IMO. It is much harder to dismiss the relavance of
> mission critical public safety communications than those of a
> hobbyist. Heck
> you could even do an control test outside the BPL area like Ed did to
> demonstrate the degree of the degradation caused by the BPL
> system. This is
> your clearly received emergency  dispatch, this is your not so clearly
> received emergency dispatch on BPL - any questions?
>
> 73 de Mike, W4EF.............................
> -0-
>
> I recently reviewed technical proposals for voice and data
> interoperability
> systems for DOJ.  While there are a lot of legacy systems out there, many
> jurisdictions have long switched over to either high-band repeat,
> or 800 MHz
> trunking solutions. In some areas of the country, lowband is still used at
> county level, and for linking with fire and ambulance services.
>
> The point of this is...in many of the BPL trials, lowband may not be used
> any longer.  At best, it's questionable.  It'd be good to know how many
> states and counties still use lowband...and map the threat from there.
>
>
> n2ea
> jimjarvis@ieee.org
>
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