Hams Want FCC To Actually Study BPL Before Praising It > shutting down bpl won't solve anything

said by jhh:

Simply, technology has moved on and Ham radio is dead...

said by digitalfreak:

Prove it

said by ke4pym:

I've found that those who spout that Ham radio is dead are usually the least educated on the topic.

Perhaps you should go read up on how Hams are keeping pace with technology, and how they're exploiting that technology in disaster areas (Katrina mean anything?).

said by markopoleo:

Not the Katrina lie again please. Whoever started that FUD let it die, Cell phones worked after Katrina, I know was directing about 20 construction workers down there at the time and was updated with cell phones from employees.

said by n2jtx:

You mean this FUD?

»www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9228945/

Please update them with your information so they can pull the article. No reason to have false information posted on the Internet.

said by markopoleo Did you say no reason to have false info posted on the internet? I think that pretty much goes against the grain of most media on the internet, its post now fact check later even for major news outlets now-a-days sadly.
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Well here you have a golden opportunity to supply your documented facts and observations to MSNBC and have the article pulled or corrected. Otherwise, you have no one to blame but yourself if your so called "FUD" continues to spread and be referenced. Take a stand now and be heard.

Also if you happen to have corrected information on this "FUD" related to Amateur Radio providing relief after the Tsunami in 2004, please have them corrected as well:

»www.voanews.com/english/archive/···oa24.cfm
»www.tribuneindia.com/2004/200412···hi.htm#1
»www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.a···id=19186

I am sure BPL enthusiasts and supporters everywhere would be pleased to have these articles debunked.
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said by jhh:

There is so much interference in cities now that day time standard am reception is bad, night is almost impossible, and it has been 4 years since I last receive an english station on my shortwave. Simply, technology has moved on and Ham radio is dead, and I live in Fargo and Bismarck ND. Even fm is getting to the point in this area that I cannot even get my sirius fm transmitter to work properly. Almost every frequency either has a station or bleeds from another.

said by Tzale:

80% of hams probably never used AM in their ham career.