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

[Larry Kirkland]

Also, I would have expected the military to have made their objections
known.  Somebody's asleep at the switch.

W4LK



On Wed, 2004-03-24 at 17:16, Ronald Oberloh wrote:
> 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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