73 de Mike, W4EF...................................................... I just wanted to confirm something you said in your FCC comments about part 15 limits. This is in regard to some streetlight in
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With 1012 comments filed, it is unlikely most of us have anything new to say about it. Sheer numbers don't mean anything at the FCC. If they did, the 160 meter phone subband petition would have been
I sent Dianne Feinstein a modified version of the recommended ARRL letter on BPL. FYI, here is her response. Looks like they see "broadband" and issue this standard spiel. Notice the extra "A" prepen
Then they will probably say the interference is real, but the amateur service is not "critical". Or they're say, go ahead and sue, and if you win, the monetary damages will be zero (or the proverbia
At last, a heterodyne impedance meter, which will bring relief from AM broadcast QRM. Now if only I can find a laptop with a screen that is readable in daylight. Any suggestions. Does the TAPR design
I rented a diesel truck over the weekend to move a tower and noticed that the (apparently factory installed) Delco AM/FM radio was useless on weak signals due to what sounded like ignition noise. The
Article from the San Jose Mercury News appended below: Note comment at end about AT&T developing technology to avoid QRM. Perhaps Ed Hare should contact Mr. Gerszberg at AT&T to see what this technol
My rural station outside the little town of Galt has high speed Internet simply consisting of a 24 inch 2.4 GHz rooftop dish pointed at one of Galt's 3 access points. The range is 5 to 10 miles. It's
To: Larry Magid Palo Alto Daily News In your recent glowing report (Palo Alto Daily News, July 15) about BPL in Menlo Park, you completely omitted the fact that BPL causes severe radio interference t
Lowering the cost vs speed of internet service is hardly in the same league with curing cancer. Remember, anyone can now get dialup for low cost or broadband for high cost (see www.agristar.com). BPL
Larry Magid's response to my letter is appended below. AT&T is vaguely claiming that either 1) They notch the ham bands, or 2) They listen before transmitting. The first idea, as actually implemented
With all the discussion here are what or what not to do, I'm confused about the issue of dealing with the media. The BPL folks routinely issue press releases claiming they have a secret/ patented tec
The CHP has jurisdiction in unincorporated areas only. Those "rural" areas the BPL'ers always talk about even though all the trials are in cities. I live just inside the city limit and the CHP only w
CHP does not operate in city neighborhoods. So it is a nonissue with the usual city BPL trials. Rick N6RK _______________________________________________ RFI mailing list RFI@contesting.com http://li
First, rotate your beam and determine direction from that. Second, get a handheld scanner with AM capability and a whip antenna, and walk the power line. You'll be able to hear the bad pole when you
I posted a request for a press kit on this reflector a couple of days ago specifically for this kind of situation and got no response whatsoever. I'll contribute money to the ARRL when they tell me t
My utility is fairly clueless as well. What I had to do was, first, get them out of denial (they thought their tools were adequate). Got my own tools and had their RFI guy come out and observe me usi
Since PR is not your bag, who do you suggest we contact at HQ? I never said the engineering work was not worth doing. However, diverting some of that money to PR would probably be a better use of fun
RFI is partly technical, partly public relations. We can't ignore the PR part. Getting my power line noise fixed required major PR work on my part. The technical aspect was trivial. Rick N6RK _______