[SixClub] re; weak signal - BPL branch

[Wayne]

>AU was trying to make its way south. BPL? Nah. Hertford's too small for BPL.
>Sometimes living in a smal rural area actually has it's advantages.
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>73 de Ed/kg4qmi
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Actually there is BPL in Ohio in test mode.  And at 50 MHz. even a weak signal can make it through on an opening.

I worked the country with 5 watts AM in 1959-60.

And the power lines could be a humongeus (hmm my spell checked can't decode this)  long wire and long wire antennas can have lots of gain with main lobes off either end of the wire.  And with power lines running all directions it is hard to tell what might happen.    I was more worried about BPL at the lower HF frequencies before I thought about this.

Rural areas without cable TV are the primary target of BPL since they don't need to add wiring infrastructure.  AT & T has announced this intention.  I am hoping BPL will rapidly be replaced with better alternatives.    But the rural areas will probably have BPL longer than cities.  

I guess there is still hope we can prevent BPL but the financial and business interests might prevail as it appears is happening.

Here is a scary story of real BPL in operation:

http://slate.msn.com/id/2097131/

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Plug and Play
Pretty soon, you'll be able to get broadband Internet over your power lines. Maybe you already can.
By David S. Bennahum
Posted Monday, March 15, 2004, at 10:18 AM PT

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The new option: connecting to the Internet through electrical sockets. In this scenario, the home user plugs a specialized modem into the wall socket and is immediately brought online at speeds up to 3 megabits per second, as fast as any broadband service on the market today. Known as "broadband over power lines," or BPL, the service is currently available to 16,000 homes in Cincinnati.

SEE URL for more.
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73, Wayne