[Hallicrafters] Re: Wall Street Journal Article Putting Down Hams

[Ronald Oberloh]

BPL filter will not go on  our equipment but on the BPL system to stop 
the noise like signal from transmitting in the offending Ham band.   A 
system in AZ that is being built will have filters on all Ham 
frequencies so do not expect a problem here unless you like to listen to 
the Shortwave broadcast station.  I truly believe the filters are only 
covering up the problem and that is a BPL system will radiate period and 
the only way to stop it it is to pull the plug.  There is no way  BPL 
can service if every frequency is blocked with a filter and I am not 
even sure how much of the band can be blocked (not transmitted before 
BPL doesn't work}  But for sure if  BPL comes to your neighborhood make 
sure the local system installs all the Ham band filters and the 
Shortwave frequencies that are of interest to you or forget about ever 
using or listening to them in the future.

Ron   WA0KDS





Craig Roberts wrote:

>The ARRL (www.arrl.net) has devoted a lot of website and magazine print
>space to examining the potential threat of BPL to amateur radio's use of HF
>frequencies.  While their presentation could hardly be considered unbiased,
>the League has presented quite a bit of anecdotal evidence to support the
>notion that HF spectrum use would be seriously compromised in BPL-proximate
>areas.
>
>Of course, if the manufacturers of amateur radio equipment sense a profit
>potential in developing "BPL filters", we have little to worry about -- as
>long as they can be retrofiitted to boatanchors, that is.
>
>Oh -- hello to Sandy, W5TVW!  I see that his philosophies have change little
>since the 1970's when I, along with old buddies K5JXH and K5MVP, visited his
>suburban New Orleans shack (which resembled the Fair Radio Sales warehouse).
>Sandy, a terrific character, helped me troubleshoot my late and lamented Ten
>Tec Argonaut. It's good to see him here!
>
>73,
>Craig
>W3CRR
>
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