In a message dated 6/2/2003 9:12:38 PM Eastern Standard Time, w6rgg@sbcglobal.net writes:

To succeed against BPL with this FCC, therefore, we must align ourselves with HF commercial interests along with similarly well-funded Defense and Homeland Security HF interests. The ARRL and the Amateur Radio community cannot stand

alone on this issue.

An excellent point. We are doing that exactly, having talked with potential coalition partners, including the National Association of Broadcasters, the National Public Safety Telecommunications Council, The Association of Public Safety Communications Officers, and a few others so far. Jim Haynie determined that strategy from the get-go. Chris