"Dee D. Flint" wrote in message
om...

"Ryan, KC8PMX" wrote in message
...
Just found out today listening to a local, reputable radio station that
Bay,
Saginaw and Midland Counties in Michigan are going to be "test sites"
for
BPL, at least for Michigan. I don't know when it will be an actual
reality,
as opposed to being in the planning stages, but will keep current with
their
project!


Ryan KC8PMX
Midland, Michigan



Go to the sites. Check out the interference. If it's as bad as they say,
write the local commercial radio stations to say they are being interfered
with, write your congressman, and write the FCC.

Dee D. Flint, N8UZE


Ryan, et al, PLEASE coordinate with Ed Hare, ... and don't
"write/contact your local commercial radio stations" UNLESS they ACTUALLY
ARE being interfered with AND you are ABSOLUTELY SURE it's BPL.

It is EXTREMELY IMPORTANT that any reports/complaints of "BPL interference"
are REALLY BPL ... the amateur community is being accused by BPL proponents
of "exaggerating the problem (so the ARRL can raise money ... which is
absurd ...
if there weren't a threat they wouldn't HAVE to raise money to defend
against it ...).

We CANNOT AFFORD to miss-identify other sources of interference as "BPL"
or we just lend credence to the BPL folks' claim that we're "crying wolf."

I cannot overemphasize the importance of these points.

73,
Carl - wk3c

"Carl R. Stevenson" wrote in message
...

"Dee D. Flint" wrote in message
om...

"Ryan, KC8PMX" wrote in message
...
Just found out today listening to a local, reputable radio station
that
Bay,
Saginaw and Midland Counties in Michigan are going to be "test sites"
for
BPL, at least for Michigan. I don't know when it will be an actual
reality,
as opposed to being in the planning stages, but will keep current with
their
project!


Ryan KC8PMX
Midland, Michigan



Go to the sites. Check out the interference. If it's as bad as they
say,
write the local commercial radio stations to say they are being
interfered
with, write your congressman, and write the FCC.

Dee D. Flint, N8UZE


Ryan, et al, PLEASE coordinate with Ed Hare, ... and don't
"write/contact your local commercial radio stations" UNLESS they ACTUALLY
ARE being interfered with AND you are ABSOLUTELY SURE it's BPL.

Yes and no Carl.... if it makes it impossible to RECIEVE our local broadcast
stations, I would think that the local broadcasters would be VERY interested
to know that nobody is getting thier signal, except cable subscribers.


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Ryan, KC8PMX
FF1-FF2-MFR-(pending NREMT-B!)
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Yes and no Carl.... if it makes it impossible to RECIEVE our local broadcast
stations, I would think that the local broadcasters would be VERY interested
to know that nobody is getting thier signal, except cable subscribers.

A number of hams have reported to the FCC that there was interference to the AM
BC band in Emmaus, PA. In my last visit there, I tuned the AM band while
parked in the trial area and heard no BPL interference whatsoever. From the
looks of the comments, someone posted a "template" and urged hams to file it.

The BPL problem appears to be primarily one of HF and low VHF. There may be
some harmonics into the TV channels, but those harmonics will be a LOT weaker
than ours are, so we need to be careful of what we wish for.

73,
Ed Hare, W1RFI