[1000mp] Re: [Elecraft] BPL

[Pete Smith]

At 04:46 PM 8/17/03 +0000, you wrote:
> > In one conversation I had with the tech. he told me flat out
> > that there was so much power line interference because of aging hardware
> > that they could never afford to repair half of it.
>
>In light of the recent power blackout in the NE US and portions of VE 
>there is going to be  focus on the issue of our aging power line systems, 
>at least in the short term.
>
>Perhaps a good thing to provide hams some leverage with our local power 
>providers to fix their problems?
>
>Long term, the costs will probably be too great both politically and 
>financially for any real major overhauls.

There's a lot of expertise on line noise problems, as well as BPL and other 
RFI issues, on the RFI reflector, rfi@contesting.com.  Wouldn't it make 
sense to take this discussion there and get this list back on topic?

73, Pete N4ZR
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