"Buzzygirl" wrote in message
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| "starman" wrote in message
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| The test will come when someone files a law suit against a BPL provider,
| siting interference to some area of the HF spectrum. Until then it's
| hard to say what the future of BPL will be.
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| I see at least *some* hope where this is concerned. At least a couple of
| power companies shut down their BPL field trials before their scheduled
| end-dates. Check out these articles:
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| http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2004/08/06/2/?nc=1
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| http://www2.arrl.org/news/stories/2004/06/28/2/
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| I only hope that most power companies considering implementing this
| technology will come to see the BPL profit to loss ratios as being far
| skewed towards the latter rather than the former.
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| Jackie

Regarding amateur radio operators of General Class up through Extra:
The FCC states that hams are required to use the minimum power
necessary to establish and maintain HF communications. It is my belief
that, in areas where BPL is used, we will need to use the maximum of
1,500 watts. BPL causes interference - this we already know - but BPL
can be shut down by amateur operators who will, inevitably, need to use
a higher power. (insert evil grin here)

73,

--
Steve Lawrence
KAØPMD
Burnsville, Minnesota

"If a man wants his dreams to come true then he must wake up."
- Anonymous


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