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John Smith I · August 17th 07, 04:18 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna

wrote:
On Aug 16, 7:31 pm, Roy Lewallen wrote:

Do you really seriously believe that if your amateur operation was
causing a huge company to lose money that the FCC or any other
government entity would take your side?

Boy, have I got news for you!

Roy Lewallen, W7EL

I don't care if they do or not. They most certainly would not
be able to fine me if I'm not breaking any amateur rules.
What are they going to do, shut down every ham in the area?
There are 143 hams just in my close general area which would
cover the 77096 and 77035 zip codes.. And that's a very small
portion of this town. Maybe within a 5 mile radius?
If I'm not trashing their system, someone else will be.
The FCC will be busy in this area. I suppose they will have to
shut down everyone if they want a clean BPL system.
I don't see it myself. I'd fight them on it if they pressed the
issue with me. And I rarely actually run an amp these days.
If my 100w causes them problems, I'd consider that a personal
problem of the BPL system owners. I actually don't see it
coming to this area anytime soon being we already have cable,
etc.. I don't think it would sell too well, being cable is already
just as fast or faster.
MK

You could be quite right! Perhaps you are special and 5-10 years from
now you can tear up every one of your neighbors BPL and they will love
you! grin

Regards,
JS