Keith,

As soon as you can figure out what BPL is going to do to hi-fidelity stereo
am broadcast (you were aware of that, right? This is new technology), you
be sure and let the group know. Also, if there is a big solar flare and
satellites are temporarily effected, I hope you aren't aboard a sinking ship
that depends upon HF (not amateur radio) as a backup. You are aware the
ships do use hf, right? I didn't say Morse code, I said HF. Amateur radio
only occupies a small portion of HF. I know that the average cber thinks
that no one uses HF, but 130 million households should have priority over a
sinking ship? Ignorance is curable, stupid isn't. Which are you suffering
from?


Jim AA2QA

"Keith" wrote in message
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..

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 Ham radio has been replaced by the Internet.

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minds. --Samuel Adams


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