[InHam] BPL

Mon, 15 Mar 2004 12:30:40 -0500

Mike:

The facts include Austria and Japan shutting down BPL testing due to massive
interference problems, and the International Red Cross filing a formal
complaint with the ITU after problems handing H&W traffic on amateur
frequencies caused by BPL.  I would say these facts justify concern on the
part of US hams.

I'm well aware that there can be all kinds of politically motivated vision
problems where the potential for big money is concerned, but the basic
contentions -- that BPL will be cheaper for consumer and provider alike -- 
have been proven false even without any consideration given to the massive,
proven interference potential to and from such systems.

Since you assert that technology can prevent interference, please provide a
detailed description of such technology.  I'm sure that those who wish to
prevent Osama & company from listening in on military communications would
be delighted to learn how to neutralize radiation from a million miles of
wire.  I know also that there are potentially hundreds of thousands of
customers in the US alone for a device that can protect business and home
electronics from the adverse effects of passing truckers running a mere 100
watts CB, protect airlines and hospitals from cellphones, and protect us all
from the next solar flare.  Let's see the details, please!

        --Noel

----- 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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