[RFI] BPL vs shares & ham radio....KATRINA

[Alan Robinson]

I agree with Ed. This is the time to make recordings and show why we are 
needed. And, why BPL hurts!
73, Alan, W4LKE

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ed -K0iL" <eedwards at tconl.com>
To: "'Rob Atkinson, K5UJ'" <k5uj at hotmail.com>; <ny9h at arrl.net>; 
<rfi at contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2005 7:45 AM
Subject: Re: [RFI] BPL vs shares & ham radio....KATRINA


>I agree with your statements Rob about waiting to bring up the issue;
> however, NOW IS THE TIME to make recordings of emergency nets from noisy 
> BPL
> areas.  This is something that cannot be done after the nets are shutdown.
>
> Since most BPL trials are located in areas where there usually aren't any
> hams, any ham who cannot travel to and participate directly in the relief
> effort but has a mobile radio and BPL nearby, should go to a trial area 
> and
> attempt to make recordings of BPL causing interference to "Emergency 
> Nets".
>
>
> We need to counter the arguments that once a disaster happens all power is
> out so the interference is gone.  We all know the other end of the comm
> circuit needs to be able to rcv as well--so a recording would provide 
> proof
> of this.
>
> Of course this would be something to bring up AFTER the dust has settled.
>
> 73, de ed -K0iL
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rfi-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:rfi-bounces at contesting.com] On
> Behalf Of Rob Atkinson, K5UJ
> Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2005 9:10 AM
> To: ny9h at arrl.net; rfi at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [RFI] BPL vs shares & ham radio....KATRINA
>
> hi,
>
> I'm not sure this is the time to start pursuing an anti-BPL agenda.   One 
> of
>
> the problems with the hurricane at this point is special interest groups
> degrading the signal to noise ratio with a lot of agenda driven 
> commentary.
>
>  there will be plenty of time during the post-mortem period later on, to
> discuss BPL, global warming, racism and all the other stuff people are
> dredging up at this point, which to me, is diverting time and energy away
> from disaster relief.  I realize no one here has been talking about global
> warming and racism--i merely mentioned them as examples of other issues
> coming up right now.   I think the politicians like Mark Kirk who is
> currently on Navy reserve duty  have enough to do, and bringing up BPL 
> might
>
> only be an irritation to him and others, and be counter productive for ham
> radio.     I suggest we wait until things stabilize.  I assure you, there 
> is
>
> going to be a seemingly endless period of inquiries, reviews, gassing, and
> so on once the dust starts to settle--ample opportunity at that point to
> talk about BPL; but not now.
>
> rob/k5uj
>
>
> From: Bill NY9H <ny9h at arrl.net>
> To: <rfi at contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [RFI] BPL vs shares & ham radio....KATRINA
> Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2005 13:59:34 -0500
>
> Maybe my email implied that the nets were receiving interference from BPL.
> I did NOT mean to suggest that,,,,
> I mean to suggest that continued implementation, especially a large
> one, would/could/should cause problems.
>
> bill
>
> At 11:30 AM 9/2/2005, Bill NY9H wrote:
>
> >Been listening to 7.285 for a few days ,,,,
> >this AM the NCS (Net Control)  of the SHARES network passed to the
> >West Golf ARES ( that would be as in HAM RADIO) network traffic for
> >an emergency rescue in  Biloxi.... to Kessler Air Force Base.....!!!!!
> >
> >That prompted me to send by Email and letter to Mark Kirk ( my
> >Congressman and on the committee that directs the FCC) my concern for
> >the interference that BPL causes  BOTH  THE FEDERAL SHARES , MARS &
> >ARES systems....
> >
> >I suggest you write a letter and email him and your local Senator.
> >Until us northerners are invited to go South & help, we should take
> >the opportunity to keep the air clean enough to be ABLE TO HELP.....
> >
> >Bill NY9H
> >
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