[BARC-List] BPL HANDOUT AVAILABLE FROM ARRL

[Arthur N1NHZ]

        Copied from:  The ARRL Letter, Vol 23, No 14

==>BPL HANDOUT AVAILABLE FROM ARRL

      ARRL has posted a two-page document 
<http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/HTML/plc/BPL-leave-behind.pdf> that discusses 
Broadband over Power Line (BPL) in lay terms. "Broadband over Power Line: 
Why Amateur Radio is Concerned about its Deployment" is available for 
reprinting and use as a handout when, for example, dealing with members of 
Congress, municipal officials, power utilities and the news media.

      While emphasizing that hams do not oppose broadband services per se 
and tend to be "early adopters" of new technology, the information sheet 
outlines Amateur Radio's concern about BPL's potential to create 
interference. Other broadband delivery methods "do not pollute the radio 
spectrum as BPL does," the paper states.

      It also defines BPL, outlines its current deployment status, 
discusses FCC regulations already in place and explains that BPL's 
interference potential is real, not just theoretical. Finally, it lists 
"Others at risk," including short-wave listeners, public safety agencies 
and federal government radio systems
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de Arthur  N1NHZ, 73
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