rf_engineer
join:2003-08-04
USA
| reply to gurugordon
Re: HAM Radios and Power line Broadband
said by gurugordon  :
The WSJ has done its readers a grave disservice with this piece, sidetracking the major issues in the process. Concerns about BPL are not only being expressed by Hams. FEMA, NTIA, Civil Aviation, Broadcasters, among others, have all stated their reservations about the threats posed to the HF radio spectrum by this system, and its undoubted potential to threaten life, homeland security and property by blanking out critical communications.
I'll say the WSJ really messed up. You think they would have dug deeper and explored the business model and found its shortcomings, especially in rural areas. The FCC and proponents claiming the interference problem is solved, but a quick car ride with equipment shows otherwise. Digging deeper, the implications of allowing a radiating broadband network with was is arguably outdated Part 15 regulations. And, as you mention, the public safety communications issues raised. A clever piece could have tied this in to the 800Mhz interference FCC debacle. But instead the focus became Amateur Radio stereotypes....or is that what investors base their decisions on these days ? |
