[Lowfer] Power Outages

[John Andrews]

Bill,

I'll only comment on your first questions, as we have some smarter people
here to handle the others:

> 1. Are we still joking about the main reason the FCC denied approval of US
> the low frequency band? Perhaps the power companies told the FCC the real
> truth on how unstable the system actually is? If this is the case and the
> stability were improved, could it make for possible FCC approval somewhere
> in the not too distant future?

Actually, I've been thinking since last week that the blackout could have
the reverse effect. Perhaps the FCC would now be unwilling to approve
ANYTHING that could be seen as a threat to power transmission. This would
prevent any possible finger-pointing from the power industry should there be
a repeat performance (regardless of how ridiculous the premise could be). If
this is true, then there would be no further LF experimental approvals, so
we should know in the next month or so.

Regarding your comments, I think it's unlikely that the power companies
communicated anything really negative to the FCC. They would not voluntarily
provide such ammunition to a government agency.

John A.