[ARRL-OK] Join the Fight TODAY! Donate $1 to Help support the ARRL's Broadband Over Power Line (BPL) Defense Fund

[Mark D. Conklin N7XYO]

Join the Fight TODAY!   Donate $1 to Help support the=20
ARRL's Broadband Over Power Line (BPL) Defense Fund

At this year's Green Country Hamfest.=20

WHEN: Friday March 19, 2004, 5 - 8 pm, and Saturday March 20, 2004, 8 am =
-5
pm.

WHERE: Claremore Expo Center, 400 Veterans Parkway, Claremore, Okla. (20
minutes northeast of Tulsa on Historic Route 66)

There's a serious interference threat to the Amateur Radio Spectrum.

The threat is as close as the power lines right in your neighborhood.

The FCC is considering rule changes to use existing electrical power =
lines to carry high-speed Internet service into homes and offices.=20

Broadband over Power Line ("Access BPL") feeds broadband digital signals =
onto power lines using high-frequency RF from 2 to 80 MHz -- right on =
top of 80 meters, 40 meters, 20 meters and every other popular ham band =
all the way up to 6 meters. Short-wave listeners are at risk too.=20

These BPL signals could transform HF from a quiet haven that hams enjoy =
to a noisy industry wasteland, changing ham radio forever. Imagine not =
even being able to throw your rig in the car and escape it through =
mobile operation -- power lines are everywhere! Will you have to operate =
from a remote site just to enjoy a quiet QSO?=20

BPL technology already has been deployed in some European countries, and =
amateurs there have experienced interference from the systems. =
Japan--responding in part to concerns expressed by its amateur =
community--decided last year not to adopt the technology because of its =
interference potential.=20

Commercial interests have a strong arm on Capitol Hill. In the political =
world, power equals DOLLARS. As an donor to the Spectrum Defense Fund, =
you add your DOLLARS and voice to the thousands of active hams who are =
saying,    "No! You will not make our frequencies useless!"=20

Action on Access BPL and vigilance on other spectrum issues requires =
significant financial resources. Your support for ARRL's Spectrum =
Defense Fund for Access BPL will provide vital funding for the league's =
efforts to monitor this issue in all corners of government, and to =
conduct the tests to build our case.=20

www.arrl.org/bpl/

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