[Antennas] BPL

[Elliott Olson]

Hello Antennas,

I asked my local power co-op about BPL this spring and they said that
they wouldn't be testing BPL. I told them I was against it.
Out here, even if they had repeaters every 1/2 mile, that wouldn't
equate to even one household per repeater.

Thursday, October 14, 2004, 7:05:32 PM, Chris wrote:

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

CB> Chris
CB> WB5ITT


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 Elliott   N0UKF                      mailto:n0ukf at wiktel.com
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