[PVRCNC] Re: [PVRC] please!

Sat, 16 Aug 2003 08:54:21 -0400

To everyone,

If you just posted a comment to the FCC, go back and do again according 
to the note below.  The comment period closed about a month ago.

Tom N4TL
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Note to those of us who plan to 'reply' to the FCC..

This is the period provided to REPLY to comments previously submitted to 
the FCC by others.  You'll need to see what BPL advocates have said to 
the FCC in support of BPL and refute their claims.  NOT just a statement 
decrying BPL.  Otherwise your comments will be disregarded...  You'll 
have to do some research first.  We're hoping ARRL will post some of the 
others claims so we can pinpoint out replies.

Gil, W1RG

Jim Jordan K4QPL wrote:
> Thanks, Merrie,
> 
> However, today I received the following while attempting to comment:
> "Proceeding 03-104 is not available for comment" I then noted the header:
> 
> "The ECFS system will be unavailable for scheduled maintenance from Saturday
> Agugust 16th, 2003 until Monsday August 18th, 2003." (Definitely an
> engineer, not an English major!) I didn't really want to give the system
> scheduled maintenance, I just wanted to submit a comment.   :^)  I will try
> to get on again on "Monsday" in "Agugust"!
> 
> I believe we also need to find an "angle" which is not seen as simply a
> selfish claim from amateurs. The following is a paste from my attempted
> submission for anyone else to use in their own submissions.
> 
> "Radio amateurs, and many other users of two way radio communication, are
> involved in various forms of weak-signal reception and transmission.
> The potential for interference to the amateur service and other
> communications services by BPL is enormous. To allow very substantial
> interference, with unacceptable background spectrum pollution is not
> reasonable for existing services, nor is it necessary in the public
> interest. Other methods including cable and telephone DSL are
> adequate for broadband in all but the most remote areas. As seen from
> the recent blackout, the energy providers need to concentrate on
> their own service reliability, and vital communications should never
> be vulnerable to such events. Making BPL available will encourage
> users to "put all their eggs in one basket" with serious risks to
> the national interest."
> 
> Jim, K4QPL
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Merrimon Crawford Pladsen" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
> Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 9:49 PM
> Subject: [PVRC] please!
> 
> 
> 
>>If you have not filed your comments with the FCC about BPL, please do it
> 
> now!
> 
>>As of tonight, only 103 hams in NC have bothered to file comments.  NC has
>>many more hams than Colorado and I am shocked that they have the same
>>number of comments in these states.  Both are pathetic.  I cannot imagine
>>how any contester could not care about trying to listen through that kind
>>of interference.  If you have not heard the interference that is typical
>>please go to the website
>>http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2003/08/08/2/?nc=1   and listen to the
>>download of interference in test communities.  Once listening, I think we
>>can see that implementation of BPL will de the nail in HFamateur radio's
>>coffin.
>>
>>Individuals and clubs can post comments.  It's easy and all you have to do
>>is fill in "03-104" under proceeding number and file your comment at:
>>http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/prod/ecfs/upload_v2.cgi
>>
>>Legislators will look at the number of filings and if there are so few,
>>they will think we just don't care.
>>
>>I am very disappointed to see the lack of PVRC members filing comments.
>>
>>73
>>Merri AB0MV
>>
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