Ed,
I wasn't calling on the ARRL to give up the battle front with the FCC.
Quite the contrary; it's because of the great work that you and the crew
are doing at the League that I feel my limited efforts are best spent
aiming at the Congress and Bush. We have to fight on all fronts if we're
to find a weak spot at all.
Keep up the great work! And those that have the time and writing skills,
keep filing those comments on the NPRMs as the come up.
73,
de ed -K0iL
-----Original Message-----
From: Hare,Ed, W1RFI
Sent: Friday, 07 May, 2004 4:07 PM
To: rfi@contesting.com
Subject: RE: [RFI] BPL Protest Opportunity? Give up? NO!
> I'm not giving up, but I'm not wasting my time with the FCC any longer.
The FCC started out with the premise that they were going to remove
unnecessary restrictions on BPL. The NPRM removed no restrictions, but
added two measures: a mandate that BPL equipment must be designed to
change frequency and power levels in response to interference complaints
and a requirement to maintain a public database of BPL equipment and
locations. FCC did that in response to the input from spectrum users that
you imply did no good.
It is, IMHO, not a practical solution, but I, for one, do not intend to
stop just because the FCC didn't fully understand the issues raised. Nor
should anyone. If what has been provided to the FCC has not been enough
for them to understand why the solutions they propose are not practical,
then the information needed to make the point needs to be developed and
given to FCC. The ARRL's comments in the NPRM are a start at that, and the
process of modeling and testing will continue through the reply comment
period and beyond.
The interference cases that are now about about 50 and counting (although
for some inexplicable reason, some of the complainants have not reported
their interference to the FCC, and some who have reported them to the FCC
have not informed ARRL so their cases can be "counted" in our summary
totals), and the process of documenting interference will continue, too.
The BPL industry started out by saying "we will not cause any
interference. They they claimed that they can correct any interference that
might occur. Now, from the statements of some in the NPRM, they are asking
that they be allowed to interfere, or at least that what interference they
cause not be considered to be "real" interference.
Those that want an organized list of the BPL filing comments can go to:
http://www.arrl.org/~ehare/bpl/NPRM_hyperlinks.html
http://www.arrl.org/~ehare/bpl/NOI_hyperlinks.html
Ed Hare, W1RFI
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