[RFI] CQ-BPL

[Martin Ewing]

BPL interferes with ham reception, not transmission.  So you need the gallon if 
the _other_ guy has BPL in his neighborhood.

My idea is to develop a little kit for a "BPL beacon transmitter".  This is a 
medium power transmitter that listens for BPL in its vicinity and transmits to 
the ham world "I've got BPL here".  Kind of like APRS.  You can run around and 
install these things near BPL lines or in your car.  If they happen to radiate 
in a way that disrupts BPL, well it can't be helped.

73 -Martin

Jim Brown wrote:

 > On Fri, 30 Jan 2004 10:42:50 -0800, Cortland Richmond wrote:
 > ...
 > On the other hand, when neighbors adopt a practice that makes them bad
 > neighbors, even unwittingly, and they are unwilling to modify their bad
 > behavior, I feel entirely justified in using the full terms of my
 > license to enjoy my hobby. It might be fun to work some contests and do
 > some DX chasing with a full gallon for a change. If there was ever a
 > justification for using our full licensed power, the existence of BPL
 > in one's neighborhood is about as good as I can think of, and about the
 > only one that would motivate me to buy an amplifier.

...

Jim Brown wrote:
> On Fri, 30 Jan 2004 10:42:50 -0800, Cortland Richmond wrote:
> 
> 
>>Visitors to some of New York hotels might want to take a rig along, as they
>>are putting in-house BPL systems in place. Be prepared to find other
>>lodging, though!
> 
> 
> I don't find this series of suggestions all that bad. While I don't
> condone deliberate interference, the practitioners and users of BPL
> need to learn as early as possible that it is quite vulnerable to
> interference from licensed users of the spectrum. I live in a Chicago
> residential neighborhood, with neighboring houses 40 ft from my
> antennas, and see operating at moderate power (100 watts and below)
> both as being a good neighbor and avoiding unpleasantness.  I also feel
> that using more power than that takes much of the fun out of the hobby.
> 
> 
> On the other hand, when neighbors adopt a practice that makes them bad
> neighbors, even unwittingly, and they are unwilling to modify their bad
> behavior, I feel entirely justified in using the full terms of my
> license to enjoy my hobby. It might be fun to work some contests and do
> some DX chasing with a full gallon for a change. If there was ever a
> justification for using our full licensed power, the existence of BPL
> in one's neighborhood is about as good as I can think of, and about the
> only one that would motivate me to buy an amplifier.
> 
> It would also be a pretty good reason for throwing one of those super
> compact 100 watt mobile rigs and a low profile portable antenna into
> your luggage the next time you visit the Big Apple. It might be fun
> working some DX on 20 from a NY hotel room with a wire dropped out the
> window!
> 
> Jim Brown K9YC
> 
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