X-Barracuda-Spam-Sco0.50 X-Barracuda-Spam-Status: No, SCORE=0.50 using global scores of TAG_LEVEL00.0 QUARANTINE_LEVEL00.0 KILL_LEVEL=4.0 tests=BSF_RULE7568M X-Barracuda-Spam-Report: Code version 3.1, rules version 3.1.10114 Rule breakdown below pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- 0.50 BSF_RULE7568M BODY: Custom Rule 7568M X-callisto-MailScanner-Information: E-mail support@arrl.net for any assistance X-callisto-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-callisto-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (not cached, score=-2.464, required 6, autolearn=not spam, BAYES_00 -2.60, FORGED_RCVD_HELO 0.14) X-callisto-MailScanner-From: cahrens@mywdo.com A friend of mine in the IT/computer industry sent me a link to a ComputerWorld article entitled "Broadband over powerLine is ready to explode." The following is a quote from a portion of the article, which contains information from ARRL's Allen Pitts: "Actually, regulation has been an issue since the first experimental BPL modems were turned on, due to complaints of interference by ham radio operators. Allen Pitts, spokesman for the ham radio parent organization, the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) in Newington, Conn., said that the utilities installing the latest technology (including the ones in Cincinnati and Texas) are not a problem since the frequencies they use are "notched" to avoid ham frequencies. But there are a number of older BPL experiments that continue generating interference, he complained, causing problems not only with ham operators but with emergency services that use older equipment in the FM ranges. In fact, he said that the ARRL has filed suit against the Federal Communications Commission to force the government to act against them. Indeed, the ARRL follows the BPL situation closely [http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/HTML/plc/], and counts 34 trial BPL systems that have been shut down, often because of interference complaints or because they were judged uneconomical. Another 54 systems are currently operational and 19 more are pending." Here's the link to the full ComputerWorld article: http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&arti cleId=9011985&source=NLT_PM&nlid=8. If that link doesn't work, here's a TinyURL link: http://tinyurl.com/2y7eb5 Cliff, K0CA