When BPL opponents got together last November 7 (see [ARRL-ODV:9713]) we agreed that another meeting would be desirable after the FCC released the NPRM. The second meeting was held last Friday afternoon, April 2, again at NAB Headquarters in Washington. There were 22 attendees, with several returnees and several new faces. Chris provided a briefing on the contents of the NPRM. Paul Rinaldo gave the status of technical studies. I followed up with an outline of the ARRL's planned response to the NPRM. Then we went around the room to hear everyone else's plans. Ed Evans (National Association of Shortwave Broadcasters) voiced agreement with several of our points with regard to consumer notification, maintenance of the database, and severe penalties for non-compliance. They plan to comment, focusing on the FCC's obligation to protect international broadcasting from interference. Ron Haraseth (APCO) said APCO had no formal position as yet, but that "members are concerned" and a joint APCO/NPSTC filing is possible. Gene McGahey (NPSTC) expressed concerns about politics being involved with BPL. He said Jill Lyon of UPLC had told him they were unwilling to include notches for public safety; if they notch everything that needs protection there will be nothing left, which of course is the whole point of our opposition to BPL. Three ARINC representatives were present, and boy, were they unhappy with the FCC Enforcement Bureau's memo debunking their description of interference at Half Moon Bay! Apparently the memo is very selective in its presentation of facts and is far from the whole story. Motorola Government Affairs sent a representative, but they are assessing how much exposure Motorola has and have not decided whether to file. The three engineers who prepared the Metavox report were present. Frank Gentges did an excellent job describing the three "flavors" of BPL that they had encountered in field testing. AMSAT's three representatives voiced concerns about 15 and 10 meters and about Part 15 devices generally, but got slightly off track into a discussion of their woes at 2.4 GHz with 802.11b wireless LANs. Kelly Williams of NAB said they did not expect BPL to be implemented above 50 MHz, but they were concerned about possible harmonic interference as well as with Part 15 generally. Pretty much everyone is waiting for the "other shoe" to drop in the form of the NTIA report. We agreed that as soon as anyone hears it is available, they will notify everyone else. The meeting lasted more than 2-1/2 hours and provided an excellent exchange of information, and while most of it was from ARRL to others, we learned some things as well. We left open the possibility of a further meeting. The PowerPoint presentations and agenda are attached. Dave K1ZZ <<BPL K1ZZ 04-04.ppt>> <<BPL W3KD 04-04.ppt>> <<BPL W4RI 04-04.ppt>> <<Second BPL Meeting agenda.doc>>