[KYHAM] The noise floor

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--- fredhwagner@comcast.net wrote:
> One BPL problem that hasn't been mentioned yet is
> that QRP has become popular, and the majority run
> relatively low power on HF (<5W QRP, 20W Argosy V,
> 50W Century21/Argosy 525, 100W most others). If BPL
> is allowed anywhere, it will propagate just as our
> signals do, and to make ourselves heard, more of us
> will step up our power levels to overcome the noise,
> so we can make contacts - per the FCC rules, we use
> no more power than is necessary to communicate - BPL
> will force us to use more power, so we'll be causing
> more RFI to our neighbors, just trying to be heard
> over the BPL noise. So BPL will cause higher local
> RF levels wherever hams are, even if the BPL isn't
> the one causing the high RF level in those
> locations, it will be the hams raising their power
> to be heard elsewhere. Can someone explain this
> clearly to the FCC ?
> 
> Fred Wagner, KQ6Q