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Fight the BPL
Most due to crappy power lines and insulators. Now add BPL with wideband
digital signals and you have a notion of how it will sound. I have been working with Alabama power for almost 5 years now. Including the ARRL and the FCC on their ass. And its still not fixed. Wait till BPL is deployed. Dan/W4NTI Exactly right. 4 mo ago....found an arcing connection on a powerpole 2 mi. from the house...humid days, you could see the arc...called 4 times to the power folks....still could pick up the arc S9+ on humid days even after they had "repaired" it 3 weeks later. Finally, the failing insulator burned thru or physically failed (I wasn't there that day) and they replaced the entire assembly on that pole. Amazing what you can hear when the spark gap transmitter (heh..."beacon?") shuts down! Now, if someone had been STEALING electricity, they'd have been out 30 seconds later. Hmmmmm.......maybe that is what I should say next time I've got an arcing line. A |
Most due to crappy power lines and insulators. Now add BPL with wideband
digital signals and you have a notion of how it will sound. I have been working with Alabama power for almost 5 years now. Including the ARRL and the FCC on their ass. And its still not fixed. Wait till BPL is deployed. Dan/W4NTI Exactly right. 4 mo ago....found an arcing connection on a powerpole 2 mi. from the house...humid days, you could see the arc...called 4 times to the power folks....still could pick up the arc S9+ on humid days even after they had "repaired" it 3 weeks later. Finally, the failing insulator burned thru or physically failed (I wasn't there that day) and they replaced the entire assembly on that pole. Amazing what you can hear when the spark gap transmitter (heh..."beacon?") shuts down! Now, if someone had been STEALING electricity, they'd have been out 30 seconds later. Hmmmmm.......maybe that is what I should say next time I've got an arcing line. A |
I would have gave money 10 years ago if the ARRL had advocated dropping that
flippin' CW. Now that the ARRL is being pushed from the top down all they want is money. Sounds like another government agency to me. Zoran Brlecic wrote: Even if you are not an ARRL member and/or disagree with its policy, you should seriously consider contributing to this fund. If the BPL technology ever gets implemented, this may very well be the end of ham radio as we know it. Make no mistake about it - we're talking 60 dB noise increase across the entire HF, not dropping the Morse requirement! And for what? So that people in the rural areas of USA can have a faster download from porn sites? https://www.arrl.org/forms/development/donations/bpl/ A measly $25 - $100 can help prevent your $5000 equipment from becoming an expensive coffee cup warmer. 73 .... WA7AA -- Anti-spam measu look me up on qrz.com if you need to reply directly -- Mike reply: Powered by Mandrake Linux, no reboots since 5 February, 2003 |
I would have gave money 10 years ago if the ARRL had advocated dropping that
flippin' CW. Now that the ARRL is being pushed from the top down all they want is money. Sounds like another government agency to me. Zoran Brlecic wrote: Even if you are not an ARRL member and/or disagree with its policy, you should seriously consider contributing to this fund. If the BPL technology ever gets implemented, this may very well be the end of ham radio as we know it. Make no mistake about it - we're talking 60 dB noise increase across the entire HF, not dropping the Morse requirement! And for what? So that people in the rural areas of USA can have a faster download from porn sites? https://www.arrl.org/forms/development/donations/bpl/ A measly $25 - $100 can help prevent your $5000 equipment from becoming an expensive coffee cup warmer. 73 .... WA7AA -- Anti-spam measu look me up on qrz.com if you need to reply directly -- Mike reply: Powered by Mandrake Linux, no reboots since 5 February, 2003 |
On Thu, 31 Jul 2003 03:01:13 GMT, Mike wrote:
I would have gave money 10 years ago if the ARRL had advocated dropping that flippin' CW. Now that the ARRL is being pushed from the top down all they want is money. Sounds like another government agency to me. Yes, this is too little to late. What are the ARRL boys going to do with the extra money, buy some Senator a whore and put money in his campaign fund? No thanks. Zoran Brlecic wrote: Even if you are not an ARRL member and/or disagree with its policy, you should seriously consider contributing to this fund. -- The Radio Page Ham, Police Scanner, Shortwave and more. http://www.kilowatt-radio.org/ |
On Thu, 31 Jul 2003 03:01:13 GMT, Mike wrote:
I would have gave money 10 years ago if the ARRL had advocated dropping that flippin' CW. Now that the ARRL is being pushed from the top down all they want is money. Sounds like another government agency to me. Yes, this is too little to late. What are the ARRL boys going to do with the extra money, buy some Senator a whore and put money in his campaign fund? No thanks. Zoran Brlecic wrote: Even if you are not an ARRL member and/or disagree with its policy, you should seriously consider contributing to this fund. -- The Radio Page Ham, Police Scanner, Shortwave and more. http://www.kilowatt-radio.org/ |
You'll be missed.
"JC" wrote in message .com... I will not contriube crap the the arrl. NOT A CENT. The have there OWN agenda and not the general ham public. I was a member for 6 years and just quit them. I will never go back. "Mike" wrote in message ... I would have gave money 10 years ago if the ARRL had advocated dropping that flippin' CW. Now that the ARRL is being pushed from the top down all they want is money. Sounds like another government agency to me. Zoran Brlecic wrote: Even if you are not an ARRL member and/or disagree with its policy, you should seriously consider contributing to this fund. If the BPL technology ever gets implemented, this may very well be the end of ham radio as we know it. Make no mistake about it - we're talking 60 dB noise increase across the entire HF, not dropping the Morse requirement! And for what? So that people in the rural areas of USA can have a faster download from porn sites? https://www.arrl.org/forms/development/donations/bpl/ A measly $25 - $100 can help prevent your $5000 equipment from becoming an expensive coffee cup warmer. 73 .... WA7AA -- Anti-spam measu look me up on qrz.com if you need to reply directly -- Mike reply: Powered by Mandrake Linux, no reboots since 5 February, 2003 |
You'll be missed.
"JC" wrote in message .com... I will not contriube crap the the arrl. NOT A CENT. The have there OWN agenda and not the general ham public. I was a member for 6 years and just quit them. I will never go back. "Mike" wrote in message ... I would have gave money 10 years ago if the ARRL had advocated dropping that flippin' CW. Now that the ARRL is being pushed from the top down all they want is money. Sounds like another government agency to me. Zoran Brlecic wrote: Even if you are not an ARRL member and/or disagree with its policy, you should seriously consider contributing to this fund. If the BPL technology ever gets implemented, this may very well be the end of ham radio as we know it. Make no mistake about it - we're talking 60 dB noise increase across the entire HF, not dropping the Morse requirement! And for what? So that people in the rural areas of USA can have a faster download from porn sites? https://www.arrl.org/forms/development/donations/bpl/ A measly $25 - $100 can help prevent your $5000 equipment from becoming an expensive coffee cup warmer. 73 .... WA7AA -- Anti-spam measu look me up on qrz.com if you need to reply directly -- Mike reply: Powered by Mandrake Linux, no reboots since 5 February, 2003 |
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In Washington, power speaks. But numbers are needed for that power. Take
the NRA. Membership is around 4 million, and they have the power to represent their membership in DC. Not every gun owner is happy with all their decisions, BUT- the NRA IS their voice in DC, and members have the power to alter that voice, if they wish to. The ARRL is our ONLY link to Washington. There are, what, around 500,000 licensed hams in this country? That's a small number...we need to band together to be heard. The NRA, at 4 million, speaks for 80+ million gun owners. The League, as mossbound as it is, speaks for us. If you don't like what the League is doing, WORK TO CHANGE IT!!! Run for office in your local club (you DO belong to a local club, right?). Heck, run for a League position. MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD! DON'T SIT THERE AND WHINE ABOUT IT!!!! Keep in mind what Benjamin Franklin said as they were signing the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia in 1776: "We must hang together, or surely we will all hang separately." We hams had blessed well better hang together, or we're toast. "Stupidity is always more interesting than dullness." R.E.T. |
In Washington, power speaks. But numbers are needed for that power. Take
the NRA. Membership is around 4 million, and they have the power to represent their membership in DC. Not every gun owner is happy with all their decisions, BUT- the NRA IS their voice in DC, and members have the power to alter that voice, if they wish to. The ARRL is our ONLY link to Washington. There are, what, around 500,000 licensed hams in this country? That's a small number...we need to band together to be heard. The NRA, at 4 million, speaks for 80+ million gun owners. The League, as mossbound as it is, speaks for us. If you don't like what the League is doing, WORK TO CHANGE IT!!! Run for office in your local club (you DO belong to a local club, right?). Heck, run for a League position. MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD! DON'T SIT THERE AND WHINE ABOUT IT!!!! Keep in mind what Benjamin Franklin said as they were signing the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia in 1776: "We must hang together, or surely we will all hang separately." We hams had blessed well better hang together, or we're toast. "Stupidity is always more interesting than dullness." R.E.T. |
Will common sense or big money win??
AK Recent ARRL release: The ARRL says Broadband over Power Line (BPL) proponents failed in their comments to the FCC to substantiate their claims that the technology will not cause widespread interference. In reply comments filed August 20--the FCC's deadline to receive comments in the Notice of Inquiry, ET Docket 03-104--the League said that if the FCC is going to rely on industry statements in making decisions on BPL deployment, the industry should back up its assertions with technical studies and hard data and make these public. "Unfounded assurances that BPL will not cause interference are no substitute for real-world measurements," the League declared, "and the FCC should rely on documented test results and an impact of interference potential based on scientific, not marketing, criteria." .. . . . |
Will common sense or big money win??
AK Recent ARRL release: The ARRL says Broadband over Power Line (BPL) proponents failed in their comments to the FCC to substantiate their claims that the technology will not cause widespread interference. In reply comments filed August 20--the FCC's deadline to receive comments in the Notice of Inquiry, ET Docket 03-104--the League said that if the FCC is going to rely on industry statements in making decisions on BPL deployment, the industry should back up its assertions with technical studies and hard data and make these public. "Unfounded assurances that BPL will not cause interference are no substitute for real-world measurements," the League declared, "and the FCC should rely on documented test results and an impact of interference potential based on scientific, not marketing, criteria." .. . . . |
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