[RFI] RE: [TenTec] NTIA BPL Report released

[Bill NY9H]

well , like the head of FEMA, they do WORK for the BUSH ADMINSTRATION...
and probably got the "word"

i read it also ( the exc summary )... looks to have been cleansed
I like that they identified "54"  important frequencies....

what about international aircraft ???? etc...



bill

At 01:22 PM 4/28/2004, Jim Brown wrote:

>On Wed, 28 Apr 2004 18:01:13 +0000, David Price wrote:
>
> >I read the report, sounded like a nail in the coffin to me for BPL.
>
>When read by an RF systems engineer, yes, it is devastating. When read
>by a non-technically educated person, it is not.
>
>The problem is that no one involved in the decision-making process has
>a clue about anything technical. AFAIK, none of the commissioners has a
>technical education. The format and tone of the report is certainly
>professionally objective and dispassionate -- but it also fails to
>frame the issues in words that the decision-makers can understand.
>
>A properly written executive summary (there is one) would outline the
>conflicts between the proposed systems, the findings re: testing
>methods, the interference potential, and the implications re:
>implementation in words that a non-technical executive could
>understand. It would say, in so many words, that the proposed systems
>aren't practical, and it would say why. This report is far too
>tentative in that regard -- you have to be an engineer to understand
>the conclusions.
>
>Jim K9YC
>
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