[Drake] Re: [Kenwood] Call your Senators (BPL)

Fri, 26 Sep 2003 11:31:32 -0700 (PDT)

If it goes up to 80mhz, it will also affect TV
channels 2-6, but remember, Al Gore, the inventor of
the internet, made a commitment to wire all schools to
the internet, so we must have BPL.

In addition, I am dumber than a post because my school
wasn't wired to the internet, and I went to school
with class sizes of 30 or more.  Makes me wonder how I
got this Ph.D.

73s John NE0P

--- n3drk <[email protected]> wrote:
> Bill,
>      if this causes AM Broadcast Station
> Interference what organization is
> there who represents all the AM Stations? They need
> to be contacted also.
> And what about FM? Have you noticed any qrm on the
> FM Broadcast Band? I
> wonder if these broadcasts companies know anything
> about BPL. Would be a
> good lobby for us.
> 
> john
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bill Gallagher" <[email protected]>
> To: "n3drk" <[email protected]>;
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> Radio Discussion" <[email protected]>; "drake"
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> "elecraft" <[email protected]>; "kenwood"
> <[email protected]>;
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> Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 2:04 PM
> Subject: Re: [Kenwood] Call your Senators (BPL)
> 
> 
> > This is serious , folks.
> >
> > I am located 65 MILES from a test area...and 160,
> 80,
> > and 40 were rendered virtually unusable with any
> > signal below roughly s-5 to s-7 at some times.
> >
> > Especially for the QRPp'ers...howw many station
> have
> > you worked with just a few hundred milliwatts?
> >
> > You have maybe a few thousand of a microwatt on
> the
> > receiver's antenna...and this broadband hash puts
> a
> > few microwatts on the same antenna...what do YOU
> think
> > is going to happen?
> >
> > Driving through Allentown during PPL's tests,
> there
> > were times when my car's AM radio was blotted out!
> >
> > The power companies want this scheme to happen,
> > becaause it would be effortless revenue for
> them...
> >
> > Make some (intelligent)noise!
> >
> > Bill WA3RA
> >
> >
> > --- n3drk <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >      I notified my Senators office here in
> > > Greensboro and spoke to his
> > > office staff volunteer. I explained to him for
> about
> > > 20 minutes on this BPL
> > > thing and what it can  potentially do but will
> do to
> > > the present spectrum. I
> > > further explained about Miss Kathleeen
> Abernathy's
> > > remarks of a few days ago
> > > and when I mentioned she was a Bush political
> > > appointee who is pushing this
> > > BPL. He immediately became very interested on
> what
> > > the Bush Administration
> > > had up their sleeve and was going to send this
> info
> > > immediately to Senator
> > > Edwards office in Washington. I do not know if
> this
> > > will do any good but
> > > since Senator Edward is running on the
> Democratic
> > > ticket for President just
> > > maybe something will come out of it.
> > >      I highly encourage everyone to make the
> phone
> > > calls to your
> > > representatives and senators, be it republican
> or
> > > democrat, and let them
> > > know what is going on. It is better than sitting
> on
> > > our toes and voicing all
> > > the woo is me on the reflectors. Do something.
> Make
> > > phone calls. Be a pain
> > > in the a**.
> > >      Good Luck
> > >
> > > john-n3drk
> > >
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