[Antennas] BPL

[Chris Boone]

Im afraid you are misinformed...the energy companies (electric
distribution anyway!) ARE interested....
One of my former employers, ENTERGY, is drooling at BPL....it WANTS the
income they THINK it will generate...but they have not looked at all the
costs....rptrs every 1/2 mile or so, interference complaints (Oh wait,
the FCC will fix that...they will raise the signal levels....and
besides, Entergy's lines are so noisy now, and noone can get them
cleaned up...like they will under BPL...I did HOURS of OT before Entergy
bought my old company, Gulf States Util, on power line RFI and
TVI....after Entergy took over, that was cut to NOTHING! THEY DON'T
CARE!!!!!!!!)

Chris
WB5ITT
Sr Telecom Tech GSU 1984-1994/Entergy 1994-1996
Current Telecom Analyst for Centerpoint Energy (who operates the gas in
6 states and the electric distribution in Houston and yes, they TOO are
waiting for BPL...even though BPL was supposed to be for the RURAL areas
where cable and DSL don't exist! RIGHT!!!!)


> -----Original Message-----
> From: antennas-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
> [mailto:antennas-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Robert Lay
> Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2004 6:10 PM
> To: Alan C. Zack; CQ-Contest
> Cc: Tower Talk; Antennas; DX List
> Subject: Re: [Antennas] BPL
> 
> 
> Dear Alan,
> 
> Reading your post, I almost lost sight of the fact that this 
> is a ham radio forum - Hi!
> 
> Here's my opinion on BPL - either it will die of its own dead 
> weight, or it will turn out to be a big paper tiger. In other 
> words, the power industry isn't really that interested in it, 
> themselves. They just happen to own the physical plant. Even 
> if they get into it, it's only because they make a few 
> pennies out of it here and there. It may turn out to be a 
> bigger pain in the butt than they need.
> 
> Insofar as the much discussed interference issue goes, I've 
> heard one scare story after another for years on the subject, 
> but until I see how the entire short wave community reacts to 
> it, how can I get excited? The users of the other 95% of the 
> HF spectrum are going to be hurting a lot more than us hams. 
> If it starts hurting services that have direct connections 
> into every level of government, then we'll see how long the 
> honeymoon lasts between Powell and BPL. Personally, I'm 
> hoping that ham radio moves into the digital modes, entirely.
> 
> Bob Lay (W9DMK), Dahlgren, VA
> w9dmk at crosslink.net
> Home Pages: http://www.qsl.net/w9dmk 
> http://zaffora.f2o.org/W9DMK/W9dmk.html
> 
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