[TowerTalk] BPL

[Tower (K8RI)]

And it's a done deal.  I just received a note the FCC ruled on it today. 

Roger (K8RI)

Bob Nielsen wrote:

>On Thu, Oct 14, 2004 at 04:40:36PM -0400, Tom Rauch wrote:
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>>>Wonder how much the BPL folks have contributed to their
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>>campaigns.
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>>>73, Jim KG0KP
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>>You can bet a significant amount. It's unfortunate the ARRL
>>doesn't get the Hams together like the NRA does. Someday we
>>will face the fact the FCC is a political tool now, and NOT
>>the independent communications agency it was originally
>>intended to be.
>>
>>Had we approached this as "you support, you lose 500,000
>>votes" it would have been a different speech. Technical
>>arguments never win against money, but a large block of lost
>>votes will.
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>Both Bush and Kerry support BPL.  Hey, that's 500,000 votes for Nader!
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