In the eyes of the BPL, there's no problem with the technology that
needs to be addressed. It will make barrels of money for them. So what's
the problem?

I've learned that when the actions of a person or company don't make
sense, it's simply because I've misunderstood their motives or
situation. Their response is perfectly logical if you begin with the
premise that the necessary money has been spent on the right politicians
and political campaigns to assure approval regardless of the actions of
irritating gnats like hams and the ARRL. If that's the case, then it's
simply a waste of time and money for them to pay any attention to the
likes of the ARRL.

I'll bet you'll find that their other actions are consistent with this
model. I suspect that the ARRL's effort would better be spent locating
and trying to persuade the purchased politicians that their political
futures might be affected by approval, rather than trying to convince
the BPL that there's something wrong with their attempt to make lots of
money.

Roy Lewallen, W7EL

W1RFI wrote:
. . .
I have extended by email a very cordial inviation for the PPL folks to attend a
local club talk I gave; they did not respond. I then emailed a cordial
invitation to work with them on interference issues; they did not respond. This
boggles the mind, because if I were about to invest millions of dollars of my
company's money and a national organization came to me and told me that there
was a serious problem with the technology, and offered to drive over 200 miles
just to show it to me, I think I would spend the hour or two and take a look.