[South Florida DX Association] ARLB043 ARRL files comments, studies in Broadband Over Power Line proceeding

[Bill Marx]

> ARLB043 ARRL files comments, studies in Broadband Over Power Line 
> proceeding
> 
> ZCZC AG43
> QST de W1AW  
> ARRL Bulletin 43  ARLB043
> From ARRL Headquarters  
> Newington CT  July 10, 2003
> To all radio amateurs 
> 
> SB QST ARL ARLB043
> ARLB043 ARRL files comments, studies in Broadband Over Power Line 
> proceeding
> 
> Pointing to a potential for interference to and from Amateur Radio,
> the ARRL has called on the FCC to "take no steps" to permit
> Broadband over Power Line (BPL). The League's 120-page filing, which
> includes several lab studies, was in response to the FCC's BPL
> Notice of Inquiry in ET Docket 03-104, published May 23.
>  
> ARRL said the Amateur Service should not be "gored with the
> double-edged sword of an incompatible service" that will at once
> cause widespread interference and preclude any future changes in the
> amateur HF allocations.
> 
> Citing "diligent and exhaustive research," ARRL concluded that BPL
> must avoid any and all amateur MF, HF and VHF allocations without
> exception. "This interference potential, as a matter of both law and
> fact, disqualifies access BPL as a potential future competitive
> broadband delivery system," the ARRL said in its comments.
>  
> League studies show received signal levels of BPL broadband noise at
> typical amateur stations would be anywhere from 33.7 dB to 65.4 dB
> higher than typical ambient noise levels in worst-case situations.
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> /EX