[DX] ARRL BPL Video

[WYsixK]

Chip,

You must be a dope.  The problem isn't 30 miles from the power lines. 
We all live adjacent to power lines.  How does power get into your
house?  Or do you power your rig with hot air?

Mike
--- "John O. Norback" <jonw6kfv@fix.net> wrote:
> Hi Skip:
> 
> You are an idiot. The QRM is out of sight.
> 
> 73 JON W6KFV
> 
> Chipn1ir@aol.com wrote:
> > 
> > I must confess that I am puzzled by the anger by some hams over
> BPL. The only
> > data I have been able to dig out on the web, regarding the US, is a
> summary
> > of W1RFI's data-taking trip. IF I understand it correctly--and I
> trust I will
> > be corrected with fact if I am wrong-- W1RFI made measurements well
> within the
> > near field of the emissions; underneath the lines; generally
> parallel to the
> > lines;and so on. Is there any data which supports those damning
> interpretations
> > from an actual ham residence? How many of us live --under-- in-
> the- air ,
> > residential power lines? Is there any record of complaint from a
> ham in the
> > towns visited by W1RFI regarding RFI from BPL? Has any ham
> volunteered to assist
> > the ARRL in gathering data from a residence in which the BPL is
> active, and the
> > ham experiences major QRM? If not, then why not?
> > 
> > Incidentally, I have tried 8 times to download the video from the
> ARRL site,
> > without success. This is with a T1 line.
> > 
> > I have major concerns that if we present 'evidence' which is biased
> in some
> > way, then we, as a licensed service, will have the argument thrown
> back at us.
> > We are already seeing how the FCC perceives our use of the  60M
> band as purely
> >  an emergency  service role (which is a valuable role indeed),
> rather than a
> > hobbyist or technical advancement one. If that is how the FCC sees
> the future
> > of the amateur service, then why is the issue of BPL so compelling?
> If there
> > is an emergency, then BPL would be down--and the QRM would be gone
> (if it
> > really was a problem to start).
> > 
> > I would be very interested in studies that show that BPL introduces
> S9+ QRM
> > 30 miles away, or skips to the west coast for example. Is there any
> US data on
> > that?
> > 
> > Please do not respond in anger to my comments. I am merely posing a
> critique
> > of the data so discussed. I also feel that if there is more data
> which bears
> > greater applicability, then I, and others, might be so pursuaded.
> > 
> > 73,
> > Chip N1IR
> > 
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