| We need to take back what is our An ultra small group of hobbyist have take a valuable resource, and now they won't give it back. These frequencies are increasingly more important. Yet we let a few people have them and fight with countless lawsuits and misinformation champaign. This is like a few individuals that want the right o have a pick-nick in the middle of a free way. I am sorry if you will have to find a new hobby and try something new. Keep the ham radios for emergencies if you want and keep using them as far as they don't interfere with my right to have BPL.
It is time we stood up and held a rally to take back what belongs to the people not some meaningless fringe group. I am sick of having to choose between phone and cable companies with complex over priced plans and terrible customer support. I want my BPL and I wanted it a decade ago. This is crazy I figured the Bush administration would put an end to Ham Radio. This is such a joke.. These ham radio users are stealing from every American who are kept from a simpler, better and cheaper alternative to DSL and Cable.
Enough is enough, lets have a march on Washington already and end ham radio for good. I long for the day when our laptops and computers only need to be plugged in to be on the net. Our homes would be instantly networked. Our private information wouldn't have to pass through the air. all our appliances could be connected, we could easily automate our entire house. It would be a huge improvement in quality of living and decreased costs of operation. Why run new fiber or cable or set up complex wi-max grids, when anyone with electricity can be on the web. I think ham radio users should have to get a license, and to do so they need to turn in their drivers license. Then they would have to walk everywhere or ride a bike. Why should they be allowed to use a technological advancement like an automobile but stand in the way of BPL.
Nuff said, let's take back what belongs to us not a bunch of selfish, spoiled brats with no concern for anyone but themselves.
Mantion@yahoo.com |
| How do you "take back" what was never yours in the first place? Sadly, your rant is typical of the Internet and it's never-ending factoids. Do a little research before you speak.
Your statement that "ham radio users should have to be licensed" is like saying bread should be made of flour. Hams are tested and licensed by the FCC., and have been since the dawn of radio communications. In fact, the purpose of this licensing and allocation of the spectrum was intended to foster growth and understanding in the area of wireless communications.
Your statement "Keep the ham radios for emergencies if you want and keep using them as far as they don't interfere with my right to have BPL." is mind boggling.
For starters, you don't have a "Right" to have BPL. Rights are generally granted, given or bestowed. And once given can NEVER be taken away. So who granted you this stated "Right"? With such a "Right", you should be able to successfully plead your case to the Supreme Court and win.
It's prudent of you to allow us to retain our radio stations to serve you and society in the event of an emergency. As we are able to communicate world-wide in the event of a total power outage, provided our generators stay online. Unfortunately, any active BPL power lines might render HF emergency radio communications useless.
Hams are granted a very very small allocation of the HF spectrum. The vast majority of the spectrum is utilized by for Military, NATO, Global and Maritime communications. You see, HF characteristics are such that the frequencies within that spectrum lend themselves well to Global Communications. It's Radio Theory and I don't expect you to understand. So let me just say that the HF Spectrum is vital to World Communications. It's not just about a bunch of Hams.
Having been involved in military communications, I know that HF is the only survivable means of global and national emergency communications. Satellite Communications are vulnerable in a time of war between superpowers. Frequencies in and above VHF don't have the global reach of those in the HF Spectrum. Hence, any device that would imped the use of HF as a Global Telecommunication means is foolhardy.
The prospects of BPL were promising. However, like many modern day drugs and the past wide use of Mercury., the side-effects of BPL have rendered it impractical.
As you say "Nuff said"... |
