Hi,

I am not sure who would want to answer this, but I have a question about
homebrewing. I had been doing it for about a year until I had heard
about how BPL was going to completely obliterate all possibility of weak
signal work.

I had therefore stopped my hobby since the start of this year and
started reading the ARRL articles re BPL's progress through the FCC.

In your regular QRP work, have you or others began experiencing massive
interference from BPL? Are there still HF bands which will still remain
worthwhile to use, if so, which ones?

Thanks,

The Eternal Squire
WA2JAZ

"The Eternal Squire" wrote in message
...
Hi,

I am not sure who would want to answer this, but I have a question about
homebrewing. I had been doing it for about a year until I had heard
about how BPL was going to completely obliterate all possibility of weak
signal work.

I had therefore stopped my hobby since the start of this year and
started reading the ARRL articles re BPL's progress through the FCC.

In your regular QRP work, have you or others began experiencing massive
interference from BPL? Are there still HF bands which will still remain
worthwhile to use, if so, which ones?

Thanks,

The Eternal Squire
WA2JAZ

At the moment, BPL deployments are small and few in numbers ... their sphere
of severe interference is therefore limited.

However, with massive, nearly ubiquitous deployments, the interference will
end up being virtually everywhere ... that is the major concern.

73,
Carl - wk3c

"The Eternal Squire" wrote in message
...
Hi,

I am not sure who would want to answer this, but I have a question about
homebrewing. I had been doing it for about a year until I had heard
about how BPL was going to completely obliterate all possibility of weak
signal work.

I had therefore stopped my hobby since the start of this year and
started reading the ARRL articles re BPL's progress through the FCC.

In your regular QRP work, have you or others began experiencing massive
interference from BPL? Are there still HF bands which will still remain
worthwhile to use, if so, which ones?

Thanks,

The Eternal Squire
WA2JAZ

At the moment, BPL deployments are small and few in numbers ... their sphere
of severe interference is therefore limited.

However, with massive, nearly ubiquitous deployments, the interference will
end up being virtually everywhere ... that is the major concern.

73,
Carl - wk3c

"The Eternal Squire" wrote in message
...
Hi,

I am not sure who would want to answer this, but I have a question about
homebrewing. I had been doing it for about a year until I had heard
about how BPL was going to completely obliterate all possibility of weak
signal work.

I had therefore stopped my hobby since the start of this year and
started reading the ARRL articles re BPL's progress through the FCC.

In your regular QRP work, have you or others began experiencing massive
interference from BPL? Are there still HF bands which will still remain
worthwhile to use, if so, which ones?


BPL hasn't happened yet on any type of widespread basis. So far there's
really only been a few pilot programs in limited areas. I wouldn't put the
brakes on your QRP work just yet.

In addition, no matter what the marketing hype is, there is a good chance
that in many areas it simply won't be economically feasible or that it won't
be able to effectively compete against DSL and cable access. Since BPL will
be carried over unshielded lines, it will be subject to dropouts from all
kinds of interference thus vastly slowing its effective speed, quite
possibly below what is available with a simple phone line and dialup
service.

Dee D. Flint, N8UZE

"The Eternal Squire" wrote in message
...
Hi,

I am not sure who would want to answer this, but I have a question about
homebrewing. I had been doing it for about a year until I had heard
about how BPL was going to completely obliterate all possibility of weak
signal work.

I had therefore stopped my hobby since the start of this year and
started reading the ARRL articles re BPL's progress through the FCC.

In your regular QRP work, have you or others began experiencing massive
interference from BPL? Are there still HF bands which will still remain
worthwhile to use, if so, which ones?


BPL hasn't happened yet on any type of widespread basis. So far there's
really only been a few pilot programs in limited areas. I wouldn't put the
brakes on your QRP work just yet.

In addition, no matter what the marketing hype is, there is a good chance
that in many areas it simply won't be economically feasible or that it won't
be able to effectively compete against DSL and cable access. Since BPL will
be carried over unshielded lines, it will be subject to dropouts from all
kinds of interference thus vastly slowing its effective speed, quite
possibly below what is available with a simple phone line and dialup
service.

Dee D. Flint, N8UZE

In addition to QRP, BPL could wreak havoc with mobile services -- here in NJ
(JCPL is part of GPU -- GPU is part of First Energy -- what a marriage --
the 8/14/03 disaster coupled with Three Mile Island!!) there are some places
where the interference from power line connectors, poorly maintained
transmission just crackles. Fortunately BPL is unlikely here due to Comcast
or Verizon's DSL.

"The Eternal Squire" wrote in message
...
Hi,

I am not sure who would want to answer this, but I have a question about
homebrewing. I had been doing it for about a year until I had heard
about how BPL was going to completely obliterate all possibility of weak
signal work.

I had therefore stopped my hobby since the start of this year and
started reading the ARRL articles re BPL's progress through the FCC.

In your regular QRP work, have you or others began experiencing massive
interference from BPL? Are there still HF bands which will still remain
worthwhile to use, if so, which ones?

Thanks,

The Eternal Squire
WA2JAZ

In addition to QRP, BPL could wreak havoc with mobile services -- here in NJ
(JCPL is part of GPU -- GPU is part of First Energy -- what a marriage --
the 8/14/03 disaster coupled with Three Mile Island!!) there are some places
where the interference from power line connectors, poorly maintained
transmission just crackles. Fortunately BPL is unlikely here due to Comcast
or Verizon's DSL.

"The Eternal Squire" wrote in message
...
Hi,

I am not sure who would want to answer this, but I have a question about
homebrewing. I had been doing it for about a year until I had heard
about how BPL was going to completely obliterate all possibility of weak
signal work.

I had therefore stopped my hobby since the start of this year and
started reading the ARRL articles re BPL's progress through the FCC.

In your regular QRP work, have you or others began experiencing massive
interference from BPL? Are there still HF bands which will still remain
worthwhile to use, if so, which ones?

Thanks,

The Eternal Squire
WA2JAZ