[PPRAANet] HF Packer's Escape BPL Jamming

[W0rw at aol.com]

Excerpt from the The ARRL Letter, Vol 23, No 43.....
quote....

BPL operators would be required to avoid certain bands, such as those used
for life and safety communications by aeronautical mobile or US Coast
Guard stations. The FCC R&O makes clear, however, that similar rules will
not apply to the Amateur Service.

"We similarly do not find that Amateur Radio frequencies warrant the
special protection afforded frequencies reserved for international
aeronautical and maritime safety operations," the Commission said. "While
we recognize that amateurs may on occasion assist in providing emergency
communications," the FCC added. It described typical amateur operations as
"routine communications and hobby activities."
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HF Back Packers may be the only ones left to be able to escape BPL jamming of
the old Amateur Radio Bands.
w0rw