[TowerTalk] FCC's NPRM on BPL

[VR2BrettGraham]

K4IA added:

>Even minimal signals (less than 100mw) in the HF bands can travel hundreds
>or thousands of miles.  This raises several issues with BPL.
>
>The radio spectrum is governed by international treaty.  How do we implement
>a system that potentially infringes on radio services in other countries?  If
>we ignore our obligations under those treaties, how do we protect our 
>spectrum
>from their transmissions?

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>There is a reason every other country who experimented with this technology
>has rejected it.

Those countries respect the UN & by extension, the ITU?

They probably pay their UN dues, too.  ;^)

73, VR2BrettGraham