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October 18th 04, 06:48 AM

(Fractenna) wrote in message

I work with hams and have hams on my board. And, of course, I am a ham. There
is no 'weapon'.

Too bad...I'm a ham, and I have a shotgun within arms reach...I sleep
better at night knowing that...

The issue is the following:

Does ham radio accept the wireless /telecom revolution, or does it live in the
past?

I'd rather live in the past, than live with digital spew across the hf
spectrum.

Dual use of spectrum with the proper guidelines and thoughtful restrictions is
the way to go, so that millions of folks can share in this evolving radio
landscape. BPL will be only one of many adopted technologies in this mix.

Dual use....Right....

What's happened is that a very few vocal hams have gone totally ballistic and
used any and all tactics possible to try to kill a new technology called BPL.

Good for them....

My point is that those of us who dissent (relative to those such as yourself)
on this matter , and in fact we have a logical, rational, and objective view,
should have our opportunity to voice our opinion as well.

I've read that about three times, and it still doesn't really make any
sense...

The few radical hams who have tried to represent radio amateurs in the United
States as a whole, do not,in fact, represent that body.

The ARRL is composed of only radical, ballistic, troublemakers? Damn,
maybe I should apply for a membership after all....

The FCC must represent the people of the United States, and more specifically
in this case, the WHOLE radio amateur service.

They screwed the pooch on this issue, if they have the WHOLE radio
amateur service in mind...Not to mention, others live there also..."HF
spectrum"

They watch out and do what's best for the SERVICE--not a few very vocal hams.

Bullcrap....They do whatever the big money dictates...And maybe who
can bend over the farthest....Whoever ramrodded this BPL crap through,
probably needs a jar of vasoline...

I think the latest modifications to Part 15 are a brilliant roadmap to allowing
new technologies to be a viable dual user of spectrum with licensed services.

I've got news for you. Dual use of the HF spectrum, with the exception
of SS, will never work. I think the new modifications are a primetime
cluster#$%@ of ignorance.

That includes the BPL use of the HF spectrum.

That means BPL most likely taking over the HF spectrum...It will
become so trashed with digital spew, no one else would want to use it.

Obviously there will be some markets where BPL does well, and others where it
won't.

But for a few vocal hams to try to kill a new technology only focuses the
spotlight back on us, as, in fact, it has this past Summer and Spring (for
example, the front page Wall Street Journal article). And that focus makes us
look antiquated and silly to the outside world.

Again, pure crap. I read the letter from one of the powerline
empiretts...
She made herself look silly to the outside world, due to all the
blatant misconceptions she had about hams...IE: most still use tube
gear, most are inbred CB wannabees, etc...You should read the letter I
sent her. I gave her a complete front end alignment free of charge. So
did about 15,000 other hams I think. Some, who were VERY up to date on
BPL technology. Hams are not against new technology. Hams are against
it sharing the same frequencies as an existing technology. There is no
good reason for it. AT ALL!

I don't feel (and am not) antiquated and silly. Are you?

You may not be antiquated, but you are without a doubt, one of the
silliest *******s I've ever come across on usenet. You can take that
any way you want...
I'm sure many will back me up on this conclusion.

Hams need to move ahead--not just anecdotally-- with new modes and
technologies. There is HUGE resistance to that, and the world has and is
passing us by.

Pure and simple horsecrap...BPL is *NOT* an amateur radio related
endeavour.
We do NOT need non amateur radio endeavours, and the resulting digital
spew, in *OUR* amateur bands.

I think this is very sad, and I cannot condone that.

Another day, another $2.31... Next...

So this is how one very informed radio amateur feels.

That statement is open to further debate....MK