[SixClub] FCC proposal on BPL! There goes the bands!

Sat, 14 Feb 2004 08:59:56 -0600

Hey,
I like that.
RICHARD J. FIERO II W5TFW
ARRL Awards manager
QSL Manager USS KIDD EM-40
6 Club Awards Director

Always do everything you ask of those you Command.

GEORGE S. PATTON JR
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary L. Peterson" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 6:10 PM
Subject: RE: [SixClub] FCC proposal on BPL! There goes the bands!

> Guys!
>
> Read between the lines.  Politics.  Let the power companies go down the
> road, install BPL, spend a fortune on it, and then have the Department of
> HomeLand Security, DOD, FEMA, etc. going to Federal Court and getting
"cease
> and desist" orders over the interference.
>
> How far to you think BPL is going in Washington DC???  Or next to a US
> Military Base?
>
> Not to mention the havoc when a licensed ham operator knocks out a section
> of BPL that serves as a backbone to 50 or a hundred homes and businesses,
> and the power company has to admit to the newspaper that the law says they
> have to avoid interfering with the licensed services.
>
> Sure, they will show up on the Ham's front lawn, with the camera's
rolling,
> and I just hope that whoever it happens to will be able to comunicate to
the
> public that the power companies knew it was a problem, the regulations
> spelled it out and the Power Company sold the public, their BPL service
> subscribers, a service that they knew would be overrun with problems.
>
> All to line the power company's pocketbook.  The public does not like or
> trust the Power Company.  At least not around here...
>
>
> Gary, NZ5V
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Randy Tipton
> Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 3:45 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: [SixClub] FCC proposal on BPL! There goes the bands!
>
>
> Hey, I thought the power grid was old, unreliable and outdated. Now they
> want to make it the super data hwy!
>
> Six Meters....
>
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> yet, tune up there and listen for the meteor scatter pings / burns. I
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> me a call.
>
> Tip
> WA5UFH
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]]
> > On Behalf Of David A. Pechon Sr.
> > Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 10:26 AM
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: RE: [SixClub] FCC proposal on BPL! There goes the bands!
> >
> > I think is funny as all get out. They want to do all this with power
> lines
> > and in some areas we have to fight with them just to have them come
> out
> > and
> > check for noise their lines are making. We have enough man made noise
> to
> > deal with. Now this what is next. I agree with you Richard is just a
> ploy
> > to
> > do us in and then make money to fix the problem. That is the name of
> the
> > game with our government who has the most money to spend. I think
> every
> > ham
> > should write to their rep or senator and complain. This is election
> year.
> > The worst can happen you lose time writing an email to them.
> > 73
> > David A. Pechon Sr. KC5DAJ
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [email protected]
> > [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Richard J. Fiero II
> > Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 9:10 AM
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: Re: [SixClub] FCC proposal on BPL! There goes the bands!
> >
> >
> > well,
> > look at it this way, when the commercial intrest run us off the bands
> with
> > this BPL then in order for another commercial intrest to use the bands
> > they
> > will have to clean it up.
> > or else they wont be able to sell it.....................
> >
> >                                                        Joey
> > RICHARD J. FIERO II W5TFW
> > ARRL Awards manager
> > QSL Manager USS KIDD EM-40
> > 6 Club Awards Director
> >
> > Always do everything you ask of those you Command.
> >
> > GEORGE S. PATTON JR
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Gabriel Sierra" <[email protected]>
> > To: <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 8:47 AM
> > Subject: Re: [SixClub] FCC proposal on BPL! There goes the bands!
> >
> >
> > > Hi!
> > >
> > > I think this is a joke!
> > >
> > > This people don't realize that the interference will
> > > come from the big power authority antennas AKA wires!
> > > And about the interference resolution: Are they going
> > > to move the power cables to solve your interference
> > > problems? Nah, maybe they will have you move, so you
> > > go to the north pole and get no interference, nor
> > > propagation...
> > >
> > > Enough rant!
> > >
> > > Gabriel Sierra, WP3BM
> > >
> > > --- Christopher Boone <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > IF you believe for ONE second this proposal will
> > > > prevent interference
> > > > to/from amateurs and other services, you probably
> > > > believe the story
> > > > about "wardrobe malfunction" at the Super Bowl! (and
> > > > I want to know what
> > > > drugs you are taking!)
> > > >
> > > > This is step one to the ruining of our low freq
> > > > radio resources.
> > > > It's time to get the printers and email cranking
> > > > (but it may not make
> > > > any difference).
> > > >
> > > > Chris
> > > > WB5ITT
> > > > SBE-20046
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > FCC issues proposed BPL Rules
> > > >
> > > > 2/12/04
> > > >
> > > > FCC Proposes Rules for
> > > > Broadband Over Power Lines
> > > > to Promote Broadband Service
> > > > to Underserved Areas and Increase Competition
> > > >
> > > >
> > > http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-243879A1.doc
> > > >
> > > http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-243879A1.pdf
> > > >
> > > > --
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> > > > For ANYONE on the net, they should have an uptodate
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> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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