[TenTec] Re: [WCARC] BPL Rollout A PLAN of ACTION

[Bill KB9IV]

Hello All,

I believe the part for intentionally interfering or causing
interference to a FCC authorized
communication will result in hefty fines, incarceration.
Even planning or
organizing it is a crime.
I'd drop it if I were you...............lets stick to Ten
Tec.

Best 73,

Bill  KB9IV


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stuart Rohre" <rohre at arlut.utexas.edu>
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Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 5:15 PM
Subject: [TenTec] Re: [WCARC] BPL Rollout A PLAN of ACTION


> Folks,
> I have hit upon a way to derail BPL, if we all, as hams,
work together.  I
> followed the links to the BPL "Computerworld" news story
and then the links
> to the companies involved and some of the computer web
magazines and printed
> versions that are hyping BPL.  In short order, I had reams
of info and
> places to watch BPL RFI develop!
>
> I suggest we all get on the air, and contact hams with
directional CQs in
> the trial areas.  Get them to go to the trial
neighborhoods with 100 watt
> mobiles and carry on normal communications and listen for
BPL RFI.   Then
> see if they find reports in the press of BPL failures.
Write their local
> paper about the potential threat to Disaster and Homeland
Security, (FEMA)
> communications.   Monitor and record BPL test
transmissions in the
> neighborhood before transmitting; so that you know you are
near a BPL user.
> We HAVE to have operational tests, and BPL must cease if
it interferes with
> licensed services, that is us, and Public Safety, FM
broadcast, Coast Guard,
> etc.  Document what you find and report to Ed Hare at
ARRL.   FCC has
> already affirmed that BPL must play by the part 15 rules
to cease operating,
> if it causes RFI.
>
> Copy your Congressmen and Senators with a BPL protest and
fact sheet of its
> hazards to Homeland Security, Public Safety Comms., Coast
Guard Short wave,
> MARS, FM broadcasts, etc.
>
> Contact these Computer trade mags and papers and point out
the downfalls of
> BPL they have not mentioned, (RFI to and from).   I have
identified even a
> user of a trial in the Cincinnati neighborhood, Hyde Park.
"Go park in
> front of her house", tell your Ohio ham friends, "and do
some mobile
> transmitting."   Fern Hofstetter and 100 others are in the
Hyde Park trial.
> She has not had RFI up to the time of the news story.
>
> In the next Six Mos.,  in Cincinnati neighborhoods of
Wyoming, Delhi, and
> Terrace Park, more roll out BPL will be installed.   Also,
the power co.
> there serves Oh, IN and parts of Kentucky and plans BPL
there.  As hams
> here, we could aim beams that way and possibly record BPL
RFI,  Refer to
> ARRL web site sound files for samples.  Report that to FCC
and Ed Hare at
> ARRL.  You will need good filters and sensitive receiving,
but I would
> hazard a guess that once that genie is out of the bottle
of the power line,
> it will propagate well if conditions are ripe.
>
> Also, hams in Cincinnati should contact Brian Hamrick of
Ch. 5 TV there who
> did a favorable BPL story and give him a sample of the BPL
RFI sound file
> and the downside of the BPL roll out.   Point out the
disaster comms
> effects, and show him the ARRL video on BPL.
>
> In Ossining NY, contact Police Chief Ken Donato, who has a
trial BPL
> connection at the PD.   He, of all people, should
appreciate the downsides
> to Homeland Security.  Also, hams in Westchester Co. NY
should look around
> for the BPL homes there, and try to find the users and see
if mobiling in
> front of their locations affects BPL.
>
> Other power companies besides Consolidated Edison in NY,
(above), who are
> rolling out BPL trials are Pepco in Washington DC, Ameren
in St. Louis MO.
> and Penn. Power and Light.  Southern Telecom and Ambient
in Alabama are
> going to try BPL, and Main.net in Atlanta GA.
>
> We should contact "Network World Fusion" with numerous
accounts of how BPL
> can interfere and get our ARRL reps to do likewise.   It
only took me about
> 5 minutes to find user name, companies involved, towns and
even
> neighborhoods by the news stories on the web.  The
Internet can be a
> powerful ally in fighting BPL, if we all surf a bit and
stay on top of these
> trials, and get ARRL to do likewise.  If enough buzz is
made about the BPL
> problems potential, it will get reasonable investors and
technocrats
> concerned that maybe this is not viable after all.
>
> Good Luck and 73,
> Stuart
> K5KVH
>
>
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