
There was a comment on the public relations committee reflector to the effect that the "No BPL" stickers distributed at Dayton were too strident. Here's my response, which may helpful to you. Dave K1ZZ _____ Until Motorola came along with Powerline LV, opposing BPL and opposing BPL interference were essentially the same thing. (The only exception was Corridor Systems, which uses the power line as a microwave traveling wave transmission line, but their system does not fall within the FCC definition of Access BPL.) Even Current Technologies, which has done most things right with regard to HF interference, was not cooperative and in the FCC proceeding they aligned themselves with the rest of the BPL industry -- even the guys who were doing it wrong. So, there was no assurance that they wouldn't make changes that would cause interference to be more of a problem or that they would deal with interference appropriately in the event of a complaint. There's a chance that may now change for the better with Current, since they see the benefit of cooperating with the ARRL that Motorola is now enjoying. Monday's announcement by Motorola (after Dayton) does mean we have to be more careful with our rhetoric from this point on. However, we can and should remain critical of the FCC's Report and Order, which makes no effort to distinguish between good and bad ways of pursuing BPL. Dave Sumner, K1ZZ
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