[NCARC] BPL Here? (Broadband over Power Line)

[Ron Klein]

For anybody who has not done so, here is where you can submit your 
comments to the FCC. I just filed mine and found the system to work 
easily.

There are ONLY 106 comments so far from Colorado, out of 12,000 
licensed hams in the state. It would probably be good to get a lot more.

You don't have to attach any documents. Just fill out the form and enter a 
comment in the bottom box.I urge you to do this.  

To file your comments on-line with the FCC, go to
http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/prod/ecfs/upload_v2.cgi

The Proceeding number which you should type into box 1 is 03-104.  

The deadline for filing your comments is August 20th.  

The ARRL test videos make it very obvious that our ability to use our HF 
bands will be GONE if BPL is allowed. It's pretty scary.

73,

Ron - W0OSK

From:           	John Schmidt <jws@frii.com>
To:             	Rod N0RC <rod@n0rc.us>
Copies to:      	ncarc-l <ncarc@mailman.qth.net>
Subject:        	Re: [NCARC] BPL Here? (Broadband over Power Line)
Date sent:      	Thu, 7 Aug 2003 11:59:49 -0600 (MDT)

> Hi Rob and the list,
> 
> There are no trials yet that I've heard about, but Poudre REA just had an
> article about BPL in their newsletter. It appears that the REA co-ops are
> investigating this technology as a way of getting high-speed internet
> access to rural areas. For many of their customers, it may be the only
> reasonable way to get broadband access (satellite access has huge
> latencies).
> 
> 73,
> 
> John, NK0R
> 
> On Thu, 7 Aug 2003, Rod N0RC wrote:
> 
> > Folks,
> >
> > Does anybody know if BPL (Broadband over Power Line) is being tried or
> > implemented in our area? Hope not. The interference potential for HF and
> > low-VHF spectrum is disturbing. (S5-S9 broad spectrum noise) If you are
> > not familiar with this spectrum threat [BPL] you can read more about it
> > on the ARRL website:
> >
> >     http://www.remote.arrl.org/news/stories/2003/08/08/2/?nc=1
> >
> > The article also has 2 MPEG movies featuring Ed Hare, W1RFI, ARRL Lab
> > Manager, running some field tests--it isn't pretty.
> >
> > The MPEGs are big 22Mb and 7Mb. If there enough interest I can bring a
> > notebook computer to the next meeting and show the video(s), they are
> > about 5 minutes long.
> >
> > Additional articles on BPL affect on radio spectrum can be found here:
> >
> >     http://www.remote.arrl.org/news/features/2003/07/08/1/
> >
> >     http://www.remote.arrl.org/announce/regulatory/et03-104/
> >
> >     http://www.remote.arrl.org/tis/info/HTML/plc/
> >
> >
> > 73, Rod N0RC
> >
> >
> >
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