Steveo wrote:

Jay in the Mojave wrote:

Hello All:

I thought you all might like to hear how i got rid of some major power
line noise.



snip for brevity

Hello Jay:

It's nice to have that noise gone out of your ears no doubt. What will you
do with BPL? Is that really gonna happen?


Hello Steveo:

I don't really think so. Its ****ing in the wind technology. Its a add
on goof ball scheme, that getting more attention then BPL has done good.
Anytime you modify a system for something other than it was designed for
your going to run into big problems. Right off the Bat the ARRL is
measuring the RF Signal/Interference levels from BPL and even sueing the
FCC over all this. Look at http:www.arrl.org for more details.

A power grid system has a number of maintenance crew who keep it
running. What are the equipment, installation, training, test equipment,
maintenance costs? And they are going to compete in a home internet
sever business, that get $9.98 a house?

And what about the nut balls that are going to shoot out the BPL
equipment, and then mistake a brand new transformer like I got, for BPL
equipment? Oh man! What about near by interference from a ham or cb
operator, you know some of the boys run pretty impressive steam.

With new fiber optics and who know what else is coming that is new and
will pass high speed electrons even faster that the Fiber Optics pass
photons. Maybe even a wireless system will be put into use.

I found it kind of funny reading some of the material on BPL, kind of
like some of those guys all ready have their mind made up before its all
up and running. Any new design must be tested and under real world
conditions, like noisy transformers, lightening, drunks running into
telephone poles, High Voltage leaking into their equipment, rain, snow
high winds with ice, Ham Radio Mucho Power Inc types, and a bunch of
other things.

If the countries power grids are in bad shape I'd say that even makes
things worst. Remember the power outage in NY City a while back. They
will have state and federal authorities breathing down their necks with
more power outages.

I would list BPL, in with the Edsel, Probation, X wives, ****ing into
the wind, flat spare tires, morse code learning tapes, AOL, Lead Paint,
quick sand, trusting polications, 9th grade european history, losing
your car keys, having nut cake hackers copy your computer data over BPL
to buy them a new car, Ordering new LMR 400 coax and getting date code
1968 Radio Shack RG58C coax, buying that new linear off E-Bay and only
measuring 125 watts out after the guy told you it would do 550 watts on
his Mickey Mouse Dorsey CB'er guy wish watt meter, and much more.

Jay in the Mojave