[RFI] NPR BPL Story

[Hare,Ed, W1RFI]

Pete, you are truly a gentleman through and through.  Thanks for the clarification.

Ed



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pete Smith [mailto:n4zr at contesting.com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 12:56 PM
> To: Hare,Ed, W1RFI; rfi at contesting.com
> Subject: RE: [RFI] NPR BPL Story
> 
> 
> At 12:20 PM 5/27/2004, Hare,Ed, W1RFI wrote:
> >ARRL's work has been reasoned, reasonable and based on sound 
> findings, not 
> >speculation.  I would not personally stand for any 
> "doctoring" of results, 
> >mine or any that I am aware of. It is fine to put one's best 
> foot forward, 
> >but the concerns that ARRL has raised are real and have been fully 
> >supported by the work of independent consultants, NTIA and 
> others.  Those 
> >that know me well know that I would never knowingly say 
> anything that I 
> >did not personally believe to be true.
> 
> 
> On re-reading my comment, I can see how Ed (and perhaps others) could 
> misread it.  What I meant was that ARINC, NTIA and the ARRL cannot be 
> construed as working to protect their "commercial interest."  
> The reference 
> to (a real strentch) referred to the notion that ARRL somehow has a 
> "commercial interest" in the continued health of amateur 
> radio.  I did 
> *not* mean, in reference to any of them, and particularly the 
> ARRL, to 
> suggest that their technical contributions had been doctored. 
>  I think we 
> all understand that the BPL providers have the monopoly on 
> self-serving 
> pseudo-science in this debate.
> 
> 
> 73, Pete N4ZR
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