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

[Ronald Oberloh]

I believe you are forgetting there are other services below 30 MHz that 
at this time I believe are totally not informed about BPL but soon will 
be.  Also I believe that the airlines operate below 30 MHz so it may  
take a downed airplane before they the FCC understands the word 
"Stupid".  Second this is a two way street Ham are going to cause as 
much if not more interference to BPL then they might cause.   Money is a 
big issue but I also question if BPL is really has a good business 
plan.  Look at the competition and  then take the number of people 
already hooked up to the other services and now just try and get a 
majority of them to switch. Yes they are going after the people at the 
end of the line and in rural areas but I believe when they get there 
they will find out that a majority of these people live where they live 
for other reasons and broadband is really not on most of there  list of 
requirements.   I believe some one should find out how much Powell is 
making on this decision or things he will make if it succeeds..
.
Ron   WA0KDS 


  
George KB2Z wrote:

>
> Mega Bucks to put in service = Giga Bucks in profit.
> If it comes to a neighborhood near you, your hosed. It's not going to 
> go away.
> The notion of filters at their end is laughable. Someone is blowing 
> sunshine where it don't normally shine.
> Just my opinion, George
>
>
> At 02:22 PM 3/24/04 -0700, you wrote:
>
>> 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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