[Premium-Rx] Of general interest- "Virtual Spectrum"

[Raymond Makul]

Gary is 100% correct.  As someone with almost 30 years
experience in administrative law before state and
federal agencies, I can tell you that identifying and
setting forth a "solution" to a problem vastly
increases the chances that we will have to live with
the problem.  BPL advocates will say we have a
work-around for the small number of adversely affected
persons.  The FCC can then state that they can approve
BPL technology for the benefit of the general public
because the small number of individuals adversely
affected have a practical work-around.

Ray Makul
--- Gary Geissinger <ggeissinger at digitalglobe.com>
wrote:
> Greg,
>  
> This is a cool idea; HOWEVER, I worry about giving
> the FCC an impression
> that we can live with BPL.
>  
> We don't want BPL in any event.
>  
> If we are forced to live BPL, then this would be a
> clever way around the
> problem.
>  
> I hope that QST publishes this long after the BPL
> issue is resolved.
>  
> 73's,
>  
> Gary WA0SPM
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Greg W. Bailey [mailto:gbailey at mail.sdsu.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 11:33 AM
> To: premium-rx at ml.skirrow.org
> Subject: [Premium-Rx] Of general interest- "Virtual
> Spectrum"
> 
> 
> Fellow Members:
>  
> Jan recently bounced this article to me.  I thought
> it may be of interest to
> some of our membership-  
>  
> Greg
> San Diego
>  
> __________________________
>  
> From: David Stinson < arc5 at ix.netcom.com
> <mailto:arc5 at ix.netcom.com> >
> 
>  
> I have today submitted an article to QST magazine
> entitled "Virtual
> Spectrum: Beating BPL at its own game," detailing a
> concept that can greatly
> impact our radio hobby.  I wanted to "put down a
> marker" to date the
> introduction of a new ham-radio innovation, and to
> officially place the idea
> in the public domain, so the maximum amount of
> "tinkering" with it can
> happen.
> 
> This concept uses the bandwidth available on the
> Internet and some simple
> circuitry to create a replica of a segment of the
> radio spectrum, stream it
> live or prerecorded to another internet-connected
> computer and reconstruct
> that radio spectrum at your location.  *Any* radio
> equipment you wish to use
> (given an Internet connection with sufficient
> bandwidth)- from modern PSK-31
> rigs, SSB nets, WW-II modulated oscillators all the
> way back to ancient
> spark transmitters with crystal receivers; all can
> legally communicate just
> as though you were on-the-air.  The system is
> bi-directional, allowing QSOs
> between stations that normally could not
> communicate.
>  
> If you can't hear weak signals because of noise in
> your area, the concept
> allows you to build a "remote front end" and
> transport the radio spectrum in
> a quiet area right to your rig, bypassing the
> problems in your location.  
>  
> I believe this concept can be the answer to BPL,
> "noise holes," antenna
> restrictions, HF "jammers" and many other obstacles
> to using our radios.
> There is great potential for many uses, and a
> possible niche market for
> someone with the resources to develop the equipment.
>  I have already built
> prototype equipment to prove the concept and it
> works splendidly.  The
> article includes construction details.  The circuits
> are simple and you can
> get 95% of the parts at Radio Shack.  By the time
> QST publishes (assume they
> accept the work), we should have completed the first
> Virtual Spectrum QSO:
> two World War 2 BC-611 handie-talkies (output: about
> 60 milliwatts) will
> communicate over a path of about 2000 miles.
>  
> If QST does not publish the concept, I will publish
> it myself on the web
> immediately after hearing from them.  I am indebted
> to Mike Hanz,
> aafradio at cox.net <mailto:aafradio at cox.net>  for
> invaluable suggestions and
> encouragement.
>  
> TNX ES 73 DE Dave Stinson AB5S
> 
> 
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