"starman" wrote:

There's no doubt that ham's are in the
minority regarding BPL interference but
the FCC has a legal mandate to protect
licensed radio spectrum users, as the law
now stands. I suppose they'll change the
law to get around this legal inconvenience
for the BPL industry.


It's a balance, Starman. They also have a mandate to serve the public -
the whole public, not just some small part of it. And they are protecting
the us, the "licensed radio spectrum users," by providing us an opportunity
to voice our concerns and requiring the BPL industry to address those
concerns before approval is granted. That doesn't mean BPL is killed off
entirely simply because we hear noise on our frequencies. Instead, it means
that industry must take steps to minimize that. But, again, even that is a
balance between the overall benefits of BPL and our ability to use our
frequencies. Lets face it, balanced against the large numbers which may
benefit from BPL, we may have to accept some inconvenient noise on our
frequencies.


Dwight Stewart (W5NET)

http://www.qsl.net/w5net/