On Fri, 08 Aug 2003 20:58:01 GMT, "Jim Hampton" wrote:

A 24 MB file and well worth the download time. Good grief, I can't believe
the FCC doesn't understand what this is going to do to HF communications.

Ham Radio and SWL is old technology and BPL will benefit millions of consumers
that want broadband Internet access. It is not fair to stop new technology
because 100,000 people that are active ham radio operators want to hang on to
old 1844 technology called morse code.
If ham radio had millions of active HF operators then it could be argued that
their bands should be protected in some fashion. But 100,000 vs 130 Million
households shows that the smaller group should lose their HF privileges for
better technology. Ham radio has been replaced by the Internet.

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