In article , "Frank
Dinger" writes:

ARRL's drive to block the introduction of power line comms in the USA ,by
means of 'competent (engineering) reasoning' ,must be applauded.


It seems to me that the whole concept is flawed. Not that much BW (up to 30
MHz, or 5 cable TV channels), large power levels required to drive anything
into the grid, and a truly ungodly noise environment -- we Hams and SWLs
already know aobut light dimmers, etc. *radiating* from the power lines --
imagine trying to receive a signal *on* those lines.

OK, there are wireless intercoms and baby monitors and Plug-N-Power controlelrs
that use your house lines, but anything bigger feels to much like salmon
swimming upstream against the laws of common sense engineering. --Mike K.


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In article , "Frank
Dinger" writes:

ARRL's drive to block the introduction of power line comms in the USA ,by
means of 'competent (engineering) reasoning' ,must be applauded.


It seems to me that the whole concept is flawed. Not that much BW (up to 30
MHz, or 5 cable TV channels), large power levels required to drive anything
into the grid, and a truly ungodly noise environment -- we Hams and SWLs
already know aobut light dimmers, etc. *radiating* from the power lines --
imagine trying to receive a signal *on* those lines.

OK, there are wireless intercoms and baby monitors and Plug-N-Power controlelrs
that use your house lines, but anything bigger feels to much like salmon
swimming upstream against the laws of common sense engineering. --Mike K.


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On 18 Oct 2003 02:40:10 GMT, r (Mike Knudsen) wrote:

I don't know if this desirable (to them) byproduct of BPL has crossed the minds
of the Bushies, but it would certainly help shield us from furrin' influences.

BTW, AFAIK unlike the Communist countries, the US has never jammed foreign
broadcasts such as Radio Moscow or Havana, Cuba. However, there's a first time
for everything, especially if it isn't *called* jamming. --Mike K.

Or you can just listen to an internet (re)broadcast, possibly even with
better sound quality. Face it, in terms of access-to-information, radio
waves are no longer the premiere source. Of course, it would be relatively
easy for the US government (almost any government) to cut off particular
sites, but until they start doing that, claims of overt or unobtrusive
censorship are fairly off the wall.

Jasper