Keith wrote:

Broadband over Power Lines has been approved for a NPRM by the full 5
commissioners of the FCC. What this means for all short wave listeners
is that once BPL is deployed a SWL is not protected by any
interference caused by BPL transmissions. SWL's use part 15 devices and
most accept any interference.
If BPL interfered with local Radio or TV broadcast then the
licensee of those stations could complain, however I doubt
if any SWL in America will be able to get a international
broadcaster to complain to a utility company about BPL interference.
Basically this could lead to the death of shortwave listening and
ham radio is equally threatened.
Ham radio and CB operators will face irate neighbors
who have their BPL Internet connection interfered with by
transmissions. I can easily see enraged neighbors calling
their congress person complaining about the 'CBer' wiping
out all the Internet connections in their neighborhoods
and congress quickly passing a law placing the burden on
the Ham Radio and CB Operator not to interfere with Internet BPL.
The FCC has allowed the beginning of the end of HF operation
by allowing BPL to use HF frequencies.

Keith wrote:

Broadband over Power Lines has been approved for a NPRM by the full 5
commissioners of the FCC. What this means for all short wave listeners
is that once BPL is deployed a SWL is not protected by any
interference caused by BPL transmissions. SWL's use part 15 devices and
most accept any interference.
If BPL interfered with local Radio or TV broadcast then the
licensee of those stations could complain, however I doubt
if any SWL in America will be able to get a international
broadcaster to complain to a utility company about BPL interference.
Basically this could lead to the death of shortwave listening and
ham radio is equally threatened.
Ham radio and CB operators will face irate neighbors
who have their BPL Internet connection interfered with by
transmissions. I can easily see enraged neighbors calling
their congress person complaining about the 'CBer' wiping
out all the Internet connections in their neighborhoods
and congress quickly passing a law placing the burden on
the Ham Radio and CB Operator not to interfere with Internet BPL.
The FCC has allowed the beginning of the end of HF operation
by allowing BPL to use HF frequencies.

The FCC is apparently only concerned about BPL interference to "licensed
spectrum users" in the US. Since foreign broadcasters are not licensed
in the US, they may have no recourse with BPL interference to their US
shortwave listeners. It's also not clear if we as SWL's have any say in
the matter. The amateur radio community has more influence because they
are US licensed spectrum users. However that only protects their
assigned bands. We've already seen how the FCC encouraged the CODAR
stations to use the portion of the 60-m band which is dominated by
foreign broadcasters, mostly in the tropics. They did this because SWL's
don't have a lobby in Washington. I hope more of us will start sending
emails to the FCC about this potentially serious problem for the SWL
community.

http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_publi...C-243879A1.pdf
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_publi...C-243879A2.pdf
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_publi...C-243879A3.pdf
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_publi...C-243879A4.pdf
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_publi...C-243879A5.pdf
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_publi...C-243879A6.pdf


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