In article , Tony P.
writes:

Don't underestimate the political power of a 500-million-
dollar capital investment.

Jim,

You make a good point. It's happened before where amateurs lost
spectrum. Remember the UPS fiasco where they snagged a chunk of the 220
band?

And of course there was the LEO debacle.

One word: Iridium.

We really need to fight this and make them do the right thing.

Then do the following:

1) Download and read the NPRM

2) Put together coherent comments that refute specific points. Example: In
paragraph 35 FCC says that it would expect hams to point their antennas to
minimize reception of emissions from power lines. That should be refuted by
pointing out that

1) many if not most hams do not have directional antennas for the bands in
question

2) installation of such antennas is not practical in many cases

3) such a solution does nothing when the BPL noise is coming from all
directions, as it would tend to do in a residential area of typical density
where all of the wiring - including the low voltage house wiring! - is
radiating BPL noise.

That's just one point in the NPRM - there are lots more.


73 de Jim, N2EY