| FCC, Hams Spar I think the nonsense we have seen as feedback to this story fully denotes the absence of both knowledge and appropriate demeanor as espoused by many activist in the amateur radio service.
As a disinterested person; a radio amateur--42 years; an industry professional; and a reasonable person, I believe it is important that the public have a reasonable option in Access BPL. Furthermore, the extant complaints to Part 97 are virtually non-existent; those (very, very few--out of 750,000 hams) that claim the most 'injury' are HF mobile and thus have very limited practical impact.
Access BPL has had virtually no impact on the amateur radio service in the US. There is no reason to believe it ever will.
What this emotional propaganda fests DOES underline is: 'what good is amateur radio'. We hear, again and again, that "WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS, AMATEUR RADIO". OK; so where is amateur radio in the apocalytical disaster of the extant California FIRESTORMS?
I am ashamed of those fellow amateurs that have targetted Access BPL with apparently deliberate and focused effort to destroy it. It never USED to be what ham radio was about. But, then again, ham rdio is looking like the old-time disaster of CB radio everyday...
Some of us aren't that way. Don't blame me.
73. |
| said by W1YW :
As a disinterested person; a radio amateur--42 years; an industry professional; and a reasonable person, I believe it is important that the public have a reasonable option in Access BPL. Furthermore, the extant complaints to Part 97 are virtually non-existent; those (very, very few--out of 750,000 hams) that claim the most 'injury' are HF mobile and thus have very limited practical impact.
Access BPL has had virtually no impact on the amateur radio service in the US. There is no reason to believe it ever will. But Main.net's system currently used in Virginia does interfere and has refused to acknowledge any problem.
said by W1YW :
What this emotional propaganda fests DOES underline is: 'what good is amateur radio'. We hear, again and again, that "WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS, AMATEUR RADIO". OK; so where is amateur radio in the apocalytical disaster of the extant California FIRESTORMS? People are on standby. The call hasn't gone out yet.
said by W1YW :
I am ashamed of those fellow amateurs that have targetted Access BPL with apparently deliberate and focused effort to destroy it. It never USED to be what ham radio was about. But, then again, ham rdio is looking like the old-time disaster of CB radio everyday...
Some of us aren't that way. Don't blame me.
73.
No one is targeting Access BPL directly. They are targeting BPL in general which has a pretty abysmal record of acknowledging interference and even worse record of fixing it. Ed Hare has come on here and even gave good marks to the Motorola system the ARRL tested at their HQ.
I guess you also forgot about the 220Mhz fiasco. |
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| Oh The Humanity!!! said by vatorman :
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yourself.... watch this its pretty obvious what may happen...
if there is ANY possibility of interferance then it shouldn't be done....as a ham, I'd hate to see this happen.
WHOLEY CRAP !!! The BPL Interference Is So Bad That It Has That Guy Driving On The Wrong Side Of The Road !!!
Scary as Hell Until You Realize The The VK Call Prefix... ROTFLMFAO  
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