[Kenwood] BPL - Email the White House

[C. Thomas]

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Besemer (KG8L)" <mwbesemer@cox.net>
To: "Kenwood List Server" <kenwood@mailman.qth.net>; "SOC Mailing List"
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Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 10:43 PM
Subject: [Kenwood] BPL - Email the White House


>
> As many of you know, President Bush addressed BPL in a speech made on 26
> April.   (http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2004/04/27/1/?nc=1)
>
> Now is the time to email the White House, offer your opinion, and ask for
> Mr. Bush's withdrawal of BPL support.
>
> To email the White House, use the following URL.
>
> https://sawho14.eop.gov/PERSdata/intro.htm
>
> Remember... Be specific, concise, credential yourself, offer technical
> reasons for your position, and offer alternatives.  Also... Be polite...
You
> don't want the Secret Service or the FBI knocking on your door.
>
> Below is a copy of what I sent forward.
>
> <snip>
>
>
> On 26 April 2004, you endorsed the development and deployment of a new
> broadband delivery medium known as Broadband Over Powerline, or BPL.
While
> I understand the need for exploration of new broadband delivery mediums,
the
> concept behind BPL is technically flawed and could represent a tremendous
> danger to the security of our nation in the event of another 9/11 type
> terrorist act.
>
> BPL utilizes our existing power grid to deliver broadband data.  It
> accomplishes this by inducing radio frequency energy onto the powerline.
> This energy is then transmitted by the powerline from point to point.
> Unfortunately, the radio frequency energy induced on these powerlines
> represents a tremendous interference potential to licensed radio services
> such as military, police, public safety, and amateur radio.  It is the
very
> design and concept of BPL that causes potential for interference; that is
to
> say, BPL, by its very nature, must radiate radio frequency energy.
>
> My particular concern is for the amateur radio service.  I am a licensed
> radio amateur, Call Sign KG8L.  I have held the highest class of license
> available, Amateur Extra, for over 25 years and have considerable
experience
> in a variety of amateur radio operations.  Additionally, I am a 23-year
> veteran of the U.S. Air Force with a background in radio communications
and
> radar.
>
> Amateur radio operators have served the public for decades to provide
> communications for public service and disaster relief when all other
methods
> of communications have failed.  I sincerely fear that in the event of
> another major attack upon our country, or in the case of a natural
disaster
> or other event that impedes or disables our day-to-day communications
> mediums (police radio, television, broadcast radio, cell phone, etc.) the
> ability of amateur radio operators to provide critical backup
communications
> would be severely hampered or eliminated by interference caused by the
> deployment of BPL technology.  Current FCC regulations calling for
> mitigation of BPL interference are neither aggressive enough nor fully
> technically deployable to the extent required to eliminate the
interference
> potential.
>
> Other alternatives, such as Broadband Wireless Access, provide reasonable
> alternatives to BPL and present no potential for interference with
licensed
> radio services and therefore no danger to the security of our nation.  I
> urge you to reconsider your support for BPL and ask you to direct the
> exploration of other methods of broadband delivery.
>
> <snip>
>
> 73 to all,
>
> Mike
> KG8L
>
>
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