[InHam] Cinergy threatens to start BPL in Ohio and Indiana soon.

Sun, 14 Mar 2004 21:46:05 -0500

Mike what you say is true BUT...if the Cinergy implementation of BPL
internet access is spewing forth spurious emissions in to otherwise
allocated frequency, then the operation is in violation of FCC rules.

To make our complaints heard, if there ARE any, we'll need to document,
document, document.

73 de KB9BVN

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "mike" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2004 7:54 PM
Subject: Re: [InHam] Cinergy threatens to start BPL in Ohio and Indiana
soon.

> This is all well and good, but why is everyone from the ARRL on down
getting
> so hyper about the BPL issue when the FACTS have not been thoroughly
tested
> and proven.  In this email the phrase "targeted" was used like it was
some
> sort of invasion from mars, the the term "threatens" is equally as
> ludicrous.   I for one am a Cinergy customer and am kind of excited
about
> the possibilites of such a service being available and so handily.
And to
> get our state legislators involved so they can have another reason to
> legislate our personal freedom versus really doing their job like
doing
> something about high property taxes is absurb.  Sure such technology
may
> have its bad points but lets have faith the FCC  will properly be the
ones
> to govern such activity.  If technology allows the use of power lines
for
> broadband internet, I'm sure technology can also see that spurious
radiation
> is kept at a minimum.  The FCC is our governing body, not the ARRL (of
which
> i AM a member), nor the clowns in indianapolis.
> -73-
> Mike, N9FKE
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Carrick" <[email protected]>
> To: "InHam" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 12:40 PM
> Subject: [InHam] Cinergy threatens to start BPL in Ohio and Indiana
soon.
>
>
> >   Hello INHam Mailing list:
> >
> > I thought I would forward the URL beleow, which is a link to a
qrz.com
> > article I sent to the my local Ham community here in Harrison
County,
> > IN. The article is a copy of a press release from Cinergy, a  large
> > elctrical service  provider in Indiana & Ohio regarding the pending
roll
> > out of BPL in the Cincinnati,OH Ohio area and their plans to move it
in
> > to Northern Ohio and Indiana.  For folks living in the Cinergy
> > electrical service area. it would appear that we may be under the
gun
> > sooner than we thought regarding the BPL threat.
> >
> >  I would think it would be wise for those in the Cinergy service
area to
> > contact Cinergy and express concerns about the very real potential
for
> > severe interference to the amateur radio bands and  the entire short
> > wave radio spectrum.  There are a number of Rural Electrical
> > Cooperatives in Indiana also (we have one in the Corydon area) and
they
> > might be a target , according to the article. Our local Co-OP..that
I
> > receive my electrical service rom also has an internet service
provider
> > partner, so I would have to assume  they may well be targeted.
Pretty
> > scary to think about.
> >
> > For the folks that work on legislation in the Indiana legislature,
is
> > there anything we can do in Indiana to try and slow the process of
BPL.
> > coming to our state, perhaps by mandating some sort of state
regulation
> > of BPL Internet services..re: requiring the electrical service
providers
> > to monitor and correct any interference..or is that entirely an FCC
> > level matter?
> >
> > For those who may not be familiar with the threat to amateur radio
posed
> > by BPL, go the www.arrl.org and there is a link for detailed
information
> > on the BPL threat and what the ARRl has done to fight it.
> >
> > 73 de K9MTC (formerly KB0LIL)
> >            Michael Carrick, New Salisbury, IN
> >
> > http://www.qrz.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST&f=3&t=57463
> > <http://www.qrz.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST&f=3&t=57463>
> >
> >
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