said by ctceo:
In case you haven't noticed, the internet has just a few more subscribers than HAM radio, say maybe 2 or 3, and last I checked the world was revolving more and more around the internet & related technologies.
Like an ostrich, It's about time to pull your head out of that hole in the ground and change, adapt with the times like the rest of the world.
Additionally, Yes, Radio may be a basic technology, but it too is changing. If ever a catastrophe occurs that HAM must save the lives of us all, I highly doubt that BPL will be any concern at that time because the power will probably be out! Even then Government entities will quickly take as much control as possible, and hammers will not have a say unless they want them too. On this I am certain.
Now onto this topic:
I had a blast field testing in VA, and hope to do some more soon. We were able to get quite a lot working in a relatively short period of time. There was little to no impact on Local emergency service frequencies, or other common household Part 15 devices. The little leaks here and there that were discovered are currently being fixed. All in all this is turning out to be great indeed.
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So? Even here, minorities have rights, too. In case you haven't noticed, hams don't like being talked down to. So your comment of "maybe 2 or 3" is not going to make you sound any way other than condescending.
Like a shill, you expound the virtues of a technology in which you have a direct interest. Egress your cranium from your anal orifice. It's time for you to quit trying to fool us.
Ham radio is changing, yes. It is changing how communications occur via radio. But there is very little that is basic about some of the techniques we hams are devising to further the art and science of radio frequency communications. We don't even get paid for it. Who deserves the priority more? Unpaid experts or pension-robbing corporations? You don't fool us; you are in it for the money. All the money in the world will not replace even ONE human being killed in some catastrophe or emergency; people CAN be saved by the efforts of hams, regardless of your biased opinion of hams saving people. It does not matter if one or one million people are saved by hams. BPL will threaten more peoples' safety than hams will ever save. How arrogant of you to assume that because you place no value on human life then no one else does, either.
BTW, given the nature of 2-80 Hz BPL, local interference might be nil in a power outage, but it will still be present. The noise floor in that portion of the spectrum will be raised by BPL all over the world.
I'm glad you got to the topic after insulting your betters. Your data may have been obtained scientifically or not; the fact that you have something to gain from it makes your data suspect. Besides, it is not one or two leaks that concern hams. It is the leaks (plural) which will add together all over the country and the world. You cannot plug every hole. You must rebuilt the entire boat. You might as well rewire the entire grid. While you are at it. Scrap BPL and put the money in to fiber instead. Or is that too low a profit margin for you?
BTW, it's ham(lower case), not HAM. We are hams. Not "hammers".
