[WIARC] BPL NPRM Released today

Tue, 24 Feb 2004 20:04:04 -0600

Dan,

I had already given this some thought and I think it would be a good idea.
It should be brought up as part of the overall discussion of BPL.

Any number in mind??  I an amount in mind but want to see what others think.

Mike

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Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 7:12 PM
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Subject: RE: [WIARC] BPL NPRM Released today

Maybe the WIARC ought to look at making a donation to the ARRL Spectrum
Defense
Special Campaign fund as well.  Something for discussion at next weeks
meeting?

Also, here is another link to a very good article containing some basics
about BPL.

http://www.aralb.org/bpl/

Danny  NG9R

-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 8:14 PM
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Subject: [WIARC] BPL NPRM Released today

ALERT!

To all members and friends of the WIARC:

Today the FCC issued a Notice of Proposed Rule Making to define the
rules under which Broadband over Power Lines will be allowed
to operate.  If this weren't enough to get our attention,
included in the NPRM is the possibility of changes to the
Part 15 RF levels BPL and other services will be allowed to radiate at.
This is an additional issue that needs to be
countered along with the BPL deployment.

This is THE most important challenge to Amateur Radio in many, many
years... if improperly or inadequately controlled, BPL deployment could
make HF communications a thing of the past for Amateur Radio. It could
even affect VHF and UHF weak signal communications.

This is important enough that each of us should, without fail, file
comments opposing the establishment of BPL without further
detailed engineering studies and real world evaluations.  The mind set
at FCC seems to be full bore ahead.  As one commissioner
put it '...we cannot let unsupported claims stand in the way of such an
innovation as BPL systems'.

Also, please consider a donation to the ARRL Spectrum Defense
Special Campaign fund.  This is a time when we all must come
together under the ARRL banner to protect our Amateur Radio frequencies.
Right now the issue is interference from part 15 services such as BPL.
Tomorrow it could be re-allocation of our frequencies to other services.

The comment period is just 45 days long, so start early, craft your
comments carefully, argue for lower Part 15 limits, not higher, ask for
a delay in BPL deployment until further testing results
can verify the levels of interference in a real world setting.
Approval for deployment shouldn't be granted on the power
companies and their allies saying they 'don't believe that interference
will be an issue'.  Let's insist that tests confirm potential
interference levels BEFORE deployment starts.

Highlight other delivery modes for wideband such as satellite,
cable and wireless.  All these technologies exist and are
already being deployed without the risks associated with BPL.

This is the time to get fired up and act.  I will be appointing a
committee of the WIARC to craft a club response.  However, individual
filings are even more important as the strength is always in the
individual filings.

73, Mike, NA9Q
President, WIARC

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