[HoustonHam] Re: [VHF] RE: [QRP-L] BPL follow-up etc.

[Christopher Boone]

AP article today in the Houston Chronicle (http://www.chron.com), page 
4B of the Business section, tells of Cinergy going ahead with BPL 
through a subsidiary of theirs.

At the end of the article, there is mention of ARRL's complaints and 
interference problems...but the article ends with (QUOTE):

"Cinergy, however, said interference has not been a problem"  END QUOTE

WHAT A CROCK!!! I am writing a rebuttal to this article now...after 13 
years with Gulf States Utilities/ENTERGY (Texas) in the telecom dept. 
where I was the lead TVI/RFI tech, this doesn't surprise me....I have 
seen the lack of response from power companies in these days (especially 
in Entergy..under GSU, we CARED and took care of the noise..I have the 
OT checks to prove it ;) and the increase of just static type noise off 
distribution lines...add a square wave RF signal from 2-80 MHz 
there.....well we ALL know the problem! Someone needs to tell the 
truth!! (Especially since I am a member of Quill and Scroll from my 
journalism days, this really Ps me off!! The lack of AP stating the real 
facts is appalling!)

Chris
WB5ITT
President - Houston Telecom
Telecom/Broadcast engineer since 1976
Sr Telecom Tech - GSU/Entergy, TX 1984-1996


Hare,Ed, W1RFI wrote:

>> http://www.arrl.org/~ehare/bpl/hyperlinks.html
> This is the list of the major filings with the FCC in its Notice of Inquiry.
>>In case you question the problem of BPL, I suggest you play the sound 
>>recordings that are listed on this site.
> The sounds and videos are at  http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/HTML/plc/
> A few of the sound links are busted (too many things on my todo list to track down the changes).
> But the ARRL videos on the /plc site above are WELL worth the download. Ironically, one almost
> needs broadband to download them, but on my home dialup, I set AOL to download the video and
> went out and watched a few Stargate episodes.
> 
> Ed Hare, W1RFI
> ARRL Lab
> 225 Main St
> Newington, CT 06111
> Tel: 860-594-0318
> Internet: w1rfi@arrl.org
> Web: http://www.arrl.org/tis
>    Member: IEEE C63 - Accredited Standards Committee on Electromagnetic Compatibility
>       Chairman: C63 SC-5, Immunity
>       Chairman: C63 ad hoc PLC/BPL Working Group
>    Member: SAE EMC/EMR committees
>    Member: ICES/IEEE SCC-28 International Committee on Electromagnetic Safety
>    Member/staff: ARRL, The National Association for Amateur Radio
>    Member/Board of Directors: QRP Amateur Radio Club  International


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