19 NOV, 2003 - 1235 CST If any of you know, or have heard BPL complaints/inquiries from Cape Girardeau area hams, please forward this information to Ed Hare, W1RFI. 73 - Dick, W9GIG Delivered-To: dick@pobox.com Received: from colander (localhost[127.0.0.1]) by integer.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 542AC132407 for <dick@pobox.com>; Wed, 19 Nov 2003 12:52:56 -0500 (EST) Received: from M2.ARRL.ORG (unknown[69.0.106.218]) by integer.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP for <dick@pobox.com>; Wed, 19 Nov 2003 12:52:55 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail.ARRL.ORG ([10.1.120.113]) by M2.ARRL.ORG with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Wed, 19 Nov 2003 12:52:54 -0500 content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C3AEC5.F524E48A" X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.6375.0 Subject: RE: More Cape Girardeau BPL Information Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 12:52:54 -0500 From: "Hare,Ed, W1RFI" <w1rfi@arrl.org> To: <dick@pobox.com> Cc: "Imlay, Chris (ARRL Counsel)" <w3kd@aol.com>, "Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ" <dsumner@arrl.org>, "Rinaldo, Paul" <W4RI@arrl.org>

They apparently hired a University of Illinois professor from Carbondale who came out, during the 5 home or 300 device test, took some measurements and refuted the claims of interference from the hams.

Where are the results of these measurements? There are two amateur filings on interference observed at the Cape Girardeau system. One is by a university professor from Texas who went to that trial area at the request of TXU, a Texas utility operator. <http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/prod/ecfs/retrieve.cgi?native_or_pdf=pdf&id_document=6514683478>http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/prod/ecfs/retrieve.cgi?native_or_pdf=pdf&id_document=6514683478 http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/prod/ecfs/retrieve.cgi?native_or_pdf=pdf&id_documen... Dave Sumner and I are finalizing a mailing to hams in the trial areas, so we can elicit accurate reports of info. Paul Rinaldo had drafted the language of the letter. Initially, I had thought of sending it to Emmaus, PA hams, but at this point, with the Cape Girardeau system as large as it is, we may want to also include Cape Girardeau. Do you know of any other hams who have been to the trial area? 73, Ed Hare, W1RFI