I've been following this thread and subject with some interest.

It's a good thing that the government might become involved. When a
group of Amateur Radio Operator's (A.K.A., private citizens) toes are
stepped on, gather together under their (arguable) representative
organization (A.K.A., the ARRL), and say, "No, No...look at this data,"
normally the answer from the regulatory branch is, "Ah, Ahem...well,
we'll do a study of this and liet you know what we find," usually with
nothing further heard about it.

But when the Government's toes are stepped on, when they say, "No, No,"
by and large it turns into, "NO, NO!"

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Brian Kelly wrote:

"Carl R. Stevenson" wrote in message ...

"Dwight Stewart" wrote in message
...




Ed Hare, W1RFI, of the ARRL isn't the only one measuring the interference
at the BPL pilot test sites ... I was in a meeting today with folks from
NTIA
(the equivalent of the FCC for federal govt. users of the spectrum) and they
are out doing measurements, too. The meeting was about something else,
but I got the impression that they aren't happy with what they are seeing
either ...


That's the first best piece of news yet today abt BPL. I've been
wondering where NTIA has been in the mix. Given their key position in
Homeland Security I suspect that they will have the final word on BPL.
Assuming they come out opposed to BPL of course.

The second best piece of news today is the new eggs in the face of the
power industry. Their credibility has dropped to zip in 48 hours flat
and methinks that they'll now have bigger problems selling BPL given
the fact that their core technologies need all the attention they can
muster.


73,
Carl -wk3c


w3rv

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73 from Glenn - KG5UC