Too bad UTC/UPLC don't spend MORE time (and money) trying to solve the
technical problems with BPL rather than on legal teams trying to figure out how
to find loopholes in the FCC regulations so they can screw all the licensed
users of the HF band!
----- Original Message -----
From: Pete Smith <n4zr@contesting.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 15:48:09 -0400
To: ERIC ROSENBERG <wd3q@starpower.net>, rfi@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [RFI] UTC Paper on BPL
> At 08:56 AM 8/13/2004, ERIC ROSENBERG wrote:
>
> >Haven't read it yet, but thought it might be worth noting.
> >
> >Eric W3DQ
> >
> >---------------------
> >
> >Broadband Over Power Line Opportunities for Electric Utilities
> >August 2004
> >
> >http://www.utc.org/file_depot/0-10000000/0-10000/1013/folder/12779/BPLWhite+Paper+Final.pdf
> >
>
> This excerpt is particularly germane:
>
> " The perceived issue of radiated emissions has been particularly
> troublesome to BPL
> proponents and has been a point of focus for the UTC/UPLC legal team. While
> ongoing industry testing shows only minor interference to licensed users
> easily
> correctable through existing means, the FCC may require frequency notching and
> other steps to resolve interference concerns. Such limitations are likely
> to affect
> overhead transmission to a greater extent than underground wires. While the
> FCC's
> BPL Notice of Proposed Rulemaking is cautious, proposing deployment under
> existing emission limits with specific safeguards, the National
> Telecommunications
> and Information Administration (NTIA) stated in its BPL Study that the
> interference
> threat from BPL may be significantly underestimated by existing measurement
> guidelines. If implemented by the FCC, NTIA's recommendations would likely
> impose significant burdens upon BPL deployment. An FCC decision in its BPL
> proceeding is expected in the autumn of 2004."
>
>
> 73, Pete N4ZR
> The World HF Contest Station Database
> was updated on August 2, 2004
> 2753 contest stations at
> www.pvrc.org/WCSD/WCSDsearch.htm
>
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