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Re: Here come the ham bashers....
It's especially ironic because BPL is the true "backwards" technology. Lets pump our money into making an exact copy of our existing internet access only using Power Lines.
You CAN service rural areas with BPL, BUT you can do it JUST as easily using phone lines. You still need to run fiber out to the middle of nowhere to service 3 people, no matter what technology you use. |
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KA3SGM
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| Ham Bashers like ME !!
I'd like to bash the heads of anyone that wants to get their BPL crap within an ITU Region of MY Ham Station. 
Just fire up a few nice 1.5kw transmissions of SSTV or RTTY around the BPL frequencies in use.
Install a few dual winding toroids on your service entrance cables, and modulate RF onto the power companies own lines, just like carrier current broadcasting, use the Power CO's lines as YOUR antenna.
A nice 10,000 foot random wire antenna.
Probably could work EME on 160m AM with that setup. 
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N3OGH
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| Ya know, you're just up the road from me there in West Chester.
We should grab a beer sometime, or at least set up a sked on a local repeater.
Once I pay my truck off, I plan on saving up and getting my HF gear a little extra "horsepower". I'm not looking to go 1500 PEP, but a nice mid range amp would be nice.
I also have a 1 acre lot with NO deed restrictions. Yep, it's soon to be tower time.
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ronny_b
join:2004-10-10
Saint Louis, MO
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said by KA3SGM  :Ham Bashers like ME !! I'd like to bash the heads of anyone that wants to get their BPL crap within an ITU Region of MY Ham Station. Just fire up a few nice 1.5kw transmissions of SSTV or RTTY around the BPL frequencies in use. Install a few dual winding toroids on your service entrance cables, and modulate RF onto the power companies own lines, just like carrier current broadcasting, use the Power CO's lines as YOUR antenna. A nice 10,000 foot random wire antenna. All of which are illegal. Ron WB0ALI Probably could work EME on 160m AM with that setup. |
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KA3SGM
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| said by ronny_b :said by KA3SGM :Ham Bashers like ME !! I'd like to bash the heads of anyone that wants to get their BPL crap within an ITU Region of MY Ham Station. Just fire up a few nice 1.5kw transmissions of SSTV or RTTY around the BPL frequencies in use. Install a few dual winding toroids on your service entrance cables, and modulate RF onto the power companies own lines, just like carrier current broadcasting, use the Power CO's lines as YOUR antenna. A nice 10,000 foot random wire antenna. All of which are illegal. Ron WB0ALI Probably could work EME on 160m AM with that setup. But BPL interference to licensed Ham operations are perfectly legal?? 
I would love to see each BPL engineer even come close to passing the test for a valid Amateur radio license, and lets add the Morse requirements back in, just for fun, at a mere 13 WPM, or better 20 WPM.
Let em' flail in their own $#!t for a while
BPL would be Dead on Arrival because of their engineers being completely incompetent of passing a basic FCC exam, that the subjects of their interference have been already subject to.
Ron, you have an Advanced class Ham ticket as I do, why would anyone bother to seek the legal license anymore if unlicensed operators were to take over complete control of our ham bands.
I did however get to put a 640AM Carrier Current station back on the air at West Chester University, back in 1989.
Quite amazing what distance that 1 watt modulated onto the dormitory power lines can cover.
73, George-KA3SGM
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moonpuppy
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Glen Burnie, MD
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said by N3OGH :I also have a 1 acre lot with NO deed restrictions. Yep, it's soon to be tower time. Towers are nice. Even better with no deed restrictions. |
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Transmaster
Don't Blame Me I Voted For Bill and Opus
join:2001-06-20
Cheyenne, WY
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SB-200 Heathkit, The Green Pig |
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expert007
join:2006-01-10
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Now there's some talk that ALWAYS captivates the ladies... |
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N3OGH
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That sounds like a good idea.
Actually, I could probably feed my G5RV with that until I can scrape up the cash for my tower.
Where did you pick yours up at, and what are they going for these days?
I've always had an affinity for tube driven equipment. My first HF rig was a Kenwood 830 with 2 6146 B's in the back. Nothing like the warm glow of tubes on a chilly winter night....
I can't WAIT to put the tower up. My neighborhood used to be kinda rural. It wasn't uncommon to find cars up on blocks in peoples driveway, or a bulldozer in the side yard. Now it's full of rich yuppie types who are going to FREAK when I put that big azz HF beam and VHF/UHF array up. I only need about 35 feet to clear the top of my house and surrounding structures/trees.
Did I mention I'm about 350 feet above sea level
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Transmaster
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Cheyenne, WY
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3 edits | SB-200 go for about 150 to 200 dollars in good working order. They use a pair of 572B triodes for power. The SB-220 goes for about 300 to 400 dollars in working order it does the legal limit of 1500 watts using a pair CX500 triodes. They are so easy to repair if you can get a good deal on one of these amps which is not working I would would consider it. The only part if failed is a killer is the power transformer if it is gone the unit becomes a parts rig. You can find them on the swap lists and at ham feasts. These two amp in their day where the most popular HF amp on the market and thousands and thousands where sold. I am told the best place to find them is at any Texas Ham feast, Texas is a big place and they need big power on their HF setups I have my SB-200 hooked up to one of my TS-530S it is a great combination. This outfit has the parts to update the Green Pigs.
»www.harbachelectronics.com/
I ran a G5RV dipole for years. I recently replaced mine with a conventional dipole with parts from The Wireman. »thewireman.com/index.shtml
I am fortunate to live in a area that will never see BPL. We have Hamradio operators in important positions in the local power company so any such proposal will be laughed out of the building.
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