[TowerTalk] BPL discussion - ongoing...

[Bgsalesmel at cs.com]

Hi all,

Lots of "meat" in some of your comments. The investment capital angle holds a 
lot of water in my mind. The mini-marketing class from Jim reinforces this 
factor. 

And, for Steve's benefit, I would have to consider this an "antenna and 
tower" discussion - just that "ownership" of them is in the hands of our power 
companies rather than a ham...hi,hi.

The mag that this article was written for, InfoWorld, is a MIS type pub - 
aimed at corporate America and vendors to that market segment. The target 
readership concern themselves with mainframes and BIG LANs...But, I bet the 
investment bankers and market makers read it too!

As an AOPA member, what really got my juices flowing was the reference to 
Airband usage of HF vs this possible built-in noise floor (high-rise?). AOPA has 
a very effective lobby in Washington D.C. for aviation interests. I will be 
feeding some of these comments into their hopper tonight. AOPA is also charter 
member of the Homeland Security family....perhaps there are many angles from 
which some help will come our way.

I have to say, this is the most intelligent thread on this subject that I 
have seen on any reflector to date...you guys are great.

Mel
KD7DCR