Doing an Ed Hare style video of a state highway patrolman sitting
in his cruiser trying to copy a dispatch thru BPL hash on his
low-band VHF radio would be very valueable IMO. It is much
harder to dismiss the relavance of mission critical public safety
communications than those of a hobbyist. Heck you could even
do an control test outside the BPL area like Ed did to demonstrate
the degree of the degradation caused by the BPL system. This is
your clearly received emergency dispatch, this is your not so
clearly received emergency dispatch on BPL - any questions?
73 de Mike, W4EF.............................
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Rauch" <w8ji@contesting.com>
> If you've arranged for local hams to cover every active and
> imminently
> active BPL pilot, then my criticism was indeed incorrect. Is
> there a similar
> effort aimed at hams working for public service agencies
> that use HF? A BPL
> shutdown due to unmitigated interference to a public service
> agency would be
> immensely valuable.>>>
>
> There are many Hams who also are involved in police or
> emergency management activities. For example both K4MST and
> I are deputized and trained to operate the 911 center gear.
> The 911 center director is a ham, as is a senior Georgia
> State Trooper who works this area.
>
> Scroll down at:
>
> http://www.lamarcountysheriff.com/pages/753116/index.htm
>
> Sooner or later BPL will screw up communications in an
> emergency. People can't arrange for it to happen, but if it
> happens (and I think it eventually will happen) you can
> count on it making the news.
>
> 73 Tom
>
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