August 2003 - arrl-odv - reflector.arrl.org

[ARRL-ODV:9289] BPL Reply Comments
by W3KD＠aol.com 20 Aug '03

20 Aug '03

Greetings. Attached are the final, as-filed Reply Comments in the BPL proceeding. Today is the due date. Not attached are the Exhibits. The following URLs on the ARRL web site will take you to them. > > Exhibit A - Description of trial results -- <A HREF="http://www.arrl.org/~ehare/rfi/plc/BPL_Trial_Testing.html"> http://www.arrl.org/~ehare/rfi/plc/BPL_Trial_Testing.html</A> Exhibit B - Discussion of conducted emissions -- <A HREF="http://www.arrl.org/~ehare/rfi/plc/BPL_and_Conducted_emissions.html"> http://www.arrl.org/~ehare/rfi/plc/BPL_and_Conducted_emissions.html</A> Exhibit C - Discussion of Part15 emissions levels vs VOACAP predictions: <A HREF="http://www.arrl.org/~ehare/rfi/plc/BPL_and_VOACAP.html">http://www.arrl.org/~ehare/rfi/plc/BPL_and_VOACAP.html</A> - about 5 MB file <A HREF="http://www.arrl.org/~ehare/rfi/plc/BPL_and_VOACAP_short.html">http://www.arrl.org/~ehare/rfi/plc/BPL_and_VOACAP_short.html</A> - smaller file, with most of the graphs at the end removed Special Kudos to Ed Hare on this, and thanks also especially to Dave Sumner and Tom Frenaye for eagle-eye editing, as usual. I think these look pretty good. However, there is much more to do on this. The Chairman at FCC is the main advocate of BPL, and though OET may be awakening to the horrible interference problem that BPL would create (in both directions, to and from Amateur Radio) the Chairman is not willing to let that interrupt his cheerleading, so far. 73, Chris W3KD

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[ARRL-ODV:9290] Re: More than you wanted to know about bpl
by Greenheck, n0jph 20 Aug '03

20 Aug '03

Greetings- Skip Jackson, KS0J, has offered to assist in anyway ARRL would like. You can contact him at KS0J(a)arrl.net. 73, Twila N0JPH ---------- From: W3KD(a)aol.com To: "arrl-odv" <arrl-odv(a)reflector.arrl.org> Subject: [ARRL-ODV:9288] Re: More than you wanted to know about bpl Date: Wed, Aug 20, 2003, 1:40 PM In a message dated 8/19/2003 6:18:25 PM Eastern Standard Time, n0jph(a)arrl.net writes: Greetings- KS0J and I had lunch yesterday and he is doing quite a lot of research into BPL which he will also develop into a program for the Oct St Paul Radio Club meeting. Take him seriously - he is a scholarly credible electrical engineer who knows his stuff. 73, Twila Greenheck, N0JPH That sounds like a good source for assistance on a further ARRL filing in the docket proceeding after the reply comments are filed today. Can we ask him to review our comments and reply comments and see if he can suggest some further technical arguments? 73, Chris W3KD

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[ARRL-ODV:9288] Re: More than you wanted to know about bpl
by W3KD＠aol.com 20 Aug '03

20 Aug '03

In a message dated 8/19/2003 6:18:25 PM Eastern Standard Time, n0jph(a)arrl.net writes: > Greetings- > KS0J and I had lunch yesterday and he is doing quite a lot of research into > BPL which he will also develop into a program for the Oct St Paul Radio Club > meeting. Take him seriously - he is a scholarly credible electrical engineer > who knows his stuff. > > 73, > Twila Greenheck, N0JPH > That sounds like a good source for assistance on a further ARRL filing in the docket proceeding after the reply comments are filed today. Can we ask him to review our comments and reply comments and see if he can suggest some further technical arguments? 73, Chris W3KD

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[ARRL-ODV:9287] Re: Viewing Comments Online
by W3KD＠aol.com 20 Aug '03

20 Aug '03

In a message dated 8/19/2003 3:26:45 PM Eastern Standard Time, K8JE(a)ARRL.org writes: > I've looked without success for a way to view Comments and Reply > Comments or their statistics of some sort on line. Isn't there a way to > do this at the FCC site? If so, (and here is a wide open question) > please tell me where to go (don't wise off, Frank). > > Tnx, 73, > > Jim > > Jim, there is a very easy way at the FCC site. Go to www.fcc.gov and click at the top on "e-filing" and follow the directions to get to the Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS) which will allow you to enter the number of a docket (in the case of BPL, it is 03-104) and it will list the comments and reply comments, which you can view one at a time as PDF files. 73, Chris W3KD

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[ARRL-ODV:9286] Re: Powell: "I'm going to stick around. Absolutely."
by Joel Harrison 20 Aug '03

20 Aug '03

I wonder if he got that indication from his Mood Ring? Joel FCC Chairman Warns of More Regulation ``I do see a mood swing in Washington. I see a mood swing in the country,'' Powell said at the Aspen Summit, a technology and telecommunications summit held by the Progress and Freedom Foundation, a Washington think tank.

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[ARRL-ODV:9285] BPL Reply Comments
by Jim Weaver 19 Aug '03

19 Aug '03

I received the info I was hunting from Ed Hare. Boy, when one doesn't know what they are doing, the most trivial answer staring them in the face can be missed! Thanks to Ed. FYI, in reviewing the Reply Comments made to FCC on 03-104, I found the following: 1. Since the Reply Comment period opened through mid-afternoon today, there had been 276 RCs logged. 2. Since the date of the E-mail I sent asking GLD members to send Reply Comments until this afternoon, 122 RCs had been received from individuals in the GLD. I can't tell without checking each name, but my guess is that nearly all if not all of these individuals are amateurs and that by far the most are League members. I suggest this is interesting and noteworthy. 73, Jim W. Jim Weaver, K8JE, Director, Great Lakes Division k8je(a)arrl.org - Tel. 513-459-0142 ARRL -- The reason Amateur Radio is! GREAT LAKES DIVISION CONVENTION, September 6, 2003: See http://greatlakes.arrl.org

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[ARRL-ODV:9283] More than you wanted to know about bpl
by W5JBP＠aol.com 19 Aug '03

19 Aug '03

<A HREF="http://www.ce-mag.com/archive/03/ARG/hansen1.html">http://www.ce-mag.com/archive/03/ARG/hansen1.html</A> This is over my head, but a ham (KS0J) sent this to me. He is a retired engineer in this field. He said: "If you ever wanted an ECM device for HF, this is it." Jim

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[ARRL-ODV:9282] Viewing Comments Online
by Jim Weaver 19 Aug '03

19 Aug '03

I've looked without success for a way to view Comments and Reply Comments or their statistics of some sort on line. Isn't there a way to do this at the FCC site? If so, (and here is a wide open question) please tell me where to go (don't wise off, Frank). Tnx, 73, Jim PS: Since encouraging GLD members to send Reply Comments to FCC late last week and in spite of the Comment site being closed down for maintenance over the weekend, I have been told by some 50 members they sent comments. I didn't ask them to do this so I have no idea if this is the whole picture or the surface of the iceberg. If I can get a check of who commented on the web, I want to try to get a better idea of whose comments are there. Jim Weaver, K8JE, Director, Great Lakes Division k8je(a)arrl.org - Tel. 513-459-0142 ARRL -- The reason Amateur Radio is! GREAT LAKES DIVISION CONVENTION, September 6, 2003: See http://greatlakes.arrl.org

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[ARRL-ODV:9284] Re: More than you wanted to know about bpl
by Twila Greenheck 19 Aug '03

19 Aug '03

Greetings- KS0J and I had lunch yesterday and he is doing quite a lot of research into BPL which he will also develop into a program for the Oct St Paul Radio Club meeting. Take him seriously - he is a scholarly credible electrical engineer who knows his stuff. 73, Twila Greenheck, N0JPH ---------- From: W5JBP(a)aol.com To: "arrl-odv" <arrl-odv(a)reflector.arrl.org> Subject: [ARRL-ODV:9283] More than you wanted to know about bpl Date: Tue, Aug 19, 2003, 10:27 PM http://www.ce-mag.com/archive/03/ARG/hansen1.html This is over my head, but a ham (KS0J) sent this to me. He is a retired engineer in this field. He said: "If you ever wanted an ECM device for HF, this is it." Jim

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[ARRL-ODV:9281] Power Loss Publicity......
by Frank Fallon - N2FF 19 Aug '03

19 Aug '03

Click here: Newsday.com - Ham radio operators step into the breach when technology failed Nice to see us get something good out of this. Haynie called me and asked me to blame it on BPL if anyone called. That's one lie I would be glad to tell. Unfortunately they did not call. Frank...N2FF.......

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