[Elecraft] Contact your Representatives (BPL)

[Don Wilhelm]

Mike,

While it may be all perfectly legal under today's rules, imagine what the
public outcry will be when we hams interfere with their internet
connections.  If the FCC is successful in changing the Part 15 rules to
allow increased emissions, what is to stop them from 'protecting' this
decision by prohibiting hams from interfering with these unlicensed devices.
Say it can't happen?  I am not willing to wait and see.  I can even believe
that city, county and state governments would pass legislation prohibiting
interference to BPL networks - using the justification that they do have
that right since the distribution network is a public utility that they can
regulate.  I just don't have the means to provide the legal fees to fight
those battles later.

I am not really concerned about BPL per se, but if the Part 15 rules have to
be relaxed to make it happen, that is quite a different matter.

Since this is not the right reflector for extended discussion on this
subject, that is all I will say on the topic here.

73,
Don W3FPR

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| One good thing about QRO ops, it will knock BPL out quite nicely.  Feed
| 1500W into a gain antenna with a major lobe aimed at the pole pig with
| the BPL repeater for your block and take it right out, all perfectly
| legal.  Lab studies have shown 20W is sufficient to disrupt BPL for brief
| periods.  Looks like we need a few high power Pactor or Amtor automatic
| stations up that put out a burst of packets every 5 minutes.  That should
| keep BPL quite in the immediate vicinity.
|