April 2004 - arrl-odv - reflector.arrl.org

[ARRL-ODV:10391] Re: Today is April 1
by Joel Harrison 01 Apr '04

01 Apr '04

Today is April 1If you hadn't mentioned that I probably would have taken a big fall today.....the date hadn't clicked with me yet. I'll have my guard up. It's not as bad as Friday the 13th. I'm fine until someone reminds me of it then I'm a darn basket case the rest of the day. 73 Joel W5ZN p.s. Yes, I am superstitious, but only regarding black cats, walking under ladders, and Friday the 13th, and the FCC.....I have facts to back it up. -----Original Message----- From: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ [mailto:dsumner@arrl.org] Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 10:46 AM To: arrl-odv Subject: [ARRL-ODV:10388] Today is April 1 Sorry for stating the obvious, but some of our radio amateur brethren seem to be incredibly gullible: today is April Fool's Day and there are at least two, probably more, wholly fanciful news releases in circulation about amateur radio and BPL. Dave

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[ARRL-ODV:10390] Re: Today is April 1
by wedgar＠verizon.net 01 Apr '04

01 Apr '04

> > From: "Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ" <dsumner(a)arrl.org> > Date: 2004/04/01 Thu AM 11:46:10 EST > To: "arrl-odv" <arrl-odv(a)reflector.arrl.org> > Subject: [ARRL-ODV:10388] Today is April 1 > > Sorry for stating the obvious, but some of our radio amateur brethren seem to be incredibly gullible: today is April Fool's Day and there are at least two, probably more, wholly fanciful news releases in circulation about amateur radio and BPL. > > Dave > > >

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[ARRL-ODV:10389] LF reconsideration denied
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 01 Apr '04

01 Apr '04

Just for the record, yesterday the FCC released its denial of W6EM's petition for reconsideration of the Commission's denial of our request for an amateur LF allocation. The denial of the petition for reconsideration was inevitable, since the petitioner did not offer any new information (nor could we have, which is why we did not petition for reconsideration). The right way to pursue an LF allocation from this point forward is to continue to assist amateurs in obtaining experimental licenses or special temporary authorizations, and perhaps to consider alternatives outside the frequency range used by PLC systems. Here is the reference. Dave K1ZZ AMENDMENT OF PARTS 2 AND 97 OF THE COMMISSION'S RULES TO CREATE A LOW FREQUENCY ALLOCATION FOR THE AMATEUR RADIO SERVICE. Denied the Petition for Reconsideration filed by Mr. W. Lee McVey. (Dkt No. 02-98). Action by: the Commission. Adopted: 03/24/2004 by MO&O. (FCC No. 04-71). OET <<http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-04-71A1.doc>> <<http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-04-71A1.pdf>> <<http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-04-71A1.txt>>

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[ARRL-ODV:10388] Today is April 1
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 01 Apr '04

01 Apr '04

Sorry for stating the obvious, but some of our radio amateur brethren seem to be incredibly gullible: today is April Fool's Day and there are at least two, probably more, wholly fanciful news releases in circulation about amateur radio and BPL. Dave

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[ARRL-ODV:10387] Re: Fwd: BPL
by Henry R. Leggette 01 Apr '04

01 Apr '04

Howie, Now that really sounds like a government agency project. Henry - WD4Q ----- Original Message ----- From: Huntington Howard-CADV02 To: arrl-odv Cc: w1rfi(a)arrl.org ; w3kd(a)aol.com Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 1:39 PM Subject: [ARRL-ODV:10383] Re: Fwd: BPL Seems like history is trying to repeat itself with BPL. Suck in investors to deploy lots of BPL and then discover it does not work and dump it. Howie, K9KM -----Original Message----- From: dick(a)pobox.com [mailto:dick@pobox.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 11:13 AM To: arrl-odv Cc: w1rfi(a)arrl.org; w3kd(a)aol.com Subject: [ARRL-ODV:10378] Fwd: BPL 31 MAR, 2004 - 1100 CST I've know about the extremely large quantity of "dark" fiber optic cable for years. I guess I'm one of the insiders mentioned in the book below as I sold my small stock holding before the bubble burst. Anyhow, for those of you who want to learn more, here is a copy of the email I received earlier today. Please keep in mind this story is primarily about trunk fiber optic cable as opposed to fiber optic cable to each home and business. But it's a start for an alternative to BPL. 73 - Dick, W9GIG ===================================================================== From: w9yz(a)webtv.net (Ron & Milly Williams) Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 10:36:29 -0500 (EST) To: W9GIG(a)arrl.org Subject: BPL Message-ID: <9719-406AE57D-143(a)storefull-3291.bay.webtv.net> Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit MIME-Version: 1.0 (WebTV) Return-Path: w9yz(a)webtv.net Dear Mr. Isely, I believe fiber optics is the place for transmission of data rather than powerlines. A recent book indicates there are vast amounts of unused fiber in existence. Short quotes: "...the world is crisscrossed with fiber that is unlikely to be used for decades... ...cables as thick as a full grown Python lie dormant across the oceans... ...about 80 million miles of optical fiber was installed in the USA in the six years between 1996 and 2001." Much of this was done by companies which by using publicity and tricky accounting sucked millions of investors into buying stock pressing the prices up. Then the insiders dumped their stock, making big profits, and let it die. The name of the book is BROADBANDITS by Om Malik Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc of Hoboken, NJ. ISBN 0-471-43405-1 Mr. Malik goes into detail on the history of this subject. Cable TV in the Indianapolis area has messed up some of our ham repeaters at times due to faulty amplifiers and leaky connectors. The thought of BPL in all neighborhoods suggests the end of ham radio, both from BPL signals raising the noise levels and BPL users receiving unwanted RF from hams and demanding that we be kicked off the air. Please forgive me if everyone already knows the above. If not possibly the book would provide useful information to you and others at ARRL in the efforts to prevent our power lines being used as antennas. 73, Ronald C. Williams, W9YZ Life Member ARRL. Licensed 54 years. Retired owner of Avatar Magnetics. Some of my transformer designs were carried in the parts lists of the power supply chapters of the ARRL handbooks 1984-2000.

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[ARRL-ODV:10386] CONVERSION TABLES FROM JIM VIA W4OYI
by James Weaver 01 Apr '04

01 Apr '04

I thought this reference link might be helpful to some of you as well as to me. Jim W. Click here: Numbers, <http://members.aol.com/javawizard/numbers.html> Instant Numerical Conversions AMATEUR RADIO: The only fail-safe communications system in the world. ARRL: The reason Amateur Radio is! Jim Weaver, K8JE, Director, Great Lakes Division ARRL 5065 Bethany Rd., Mason, OH 45040-9660, Tel. 513-459-0142, E-mail k8je(a)arrl.org

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