Re: FCC's inquiry for broadband over the powerlines (BPL)

2003-07-18 Thread Cortland Richmond
Many of us here are Amateur Radio operators, and have filed comments of our own in response to the Notice of Inquiry. By the time I got mine in -- I waited too long and rushed it, so there are typos and other errors -- over 1600 comments had been filed. Reply Comments are now being taken; deadline

Re: FCC's inquiry for broadband over the powerlines (BPL)

2003-07-18 Thread richhug...@aol.com
Hi, Those interested in knowing what the UK requirements are should take a look at the January 2003 edition of MPT 1570 "Radiation Limits and Measurement Specification - Electromagnetic radiation in the range 9 kHz to 1.6 MHz from material substances forming part of a telecommunication system". T

RE: FCC's inquiry for broadband over the powerlines (BPL)

2003-07-18 Thread Vit Gorod
About 2 years ago, a comparative testing of this technology (different technical approaches) was conducted in N.Carolina with participating companies >from the US, UK, and Israel. I have no knowledge of any subsequent developments. Regards "Nagel, Michael" wrote: Dave, here in Germany t

Re: FCC's inquiry for broadband over the powerlines (BPL)

2003-07-18 Thread don_borow...@selinc.com
You might want to check out negative commentary about the proposal on the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) web site: http://www.arrl.org/news/features/2003/07/08/ BPL could have a big negative impact on radio amateurs and other users of HF spectrum. Don Borowski WA6OMI Schweitzer Enginee

RE: FCC's inquiry for broadband over the powerlines (BPL)

2003-07-18 Thread Mike Hopkins
All I know is that it seems to be a major problem in Europe, with lot's of HF spectrum uses seeing high levels of interference to services. Amateur Radio organizations world-wide are fighting it (including ARRL in the US). I heard a talk regarding this problem in Germany at the last IEEE EMC Sym

RE: FCC's inquiry for broadband over the powerlines (BPL)

2003-07-18 Thread drcuthb...@micron.com
The American Radio Relay League (ARRL), which is the defacto representative of the American amateur radio community is up in arms over BPL. It is front page news at their website, www.arrl.org , and they are petitioning the FCC to drop the proposal. Dave Cuthbert Micron Technology From: G

RE: FCC's inquiry for broadband over the powerlines (BPL)

2003-07-18 Thread Neil Helsby
On 18/07/2003, 08:06:43, "Nagel, Michael" wrote regarding RE: FCC's inquiry for broadband over the powerlines (BPL): > here in Germany they worked on a similar technology 2-3 years ago, > there were first tests with a limited number of users but most of > the projects

RE: FCC's inquiry for broadband over the powerlines (BPL)

2003-07-18 Thread Nagel, Michael
Dave, here in Germany they worked on a similar technology 2-3 years ago, there were first tests with a limited number of users but most of the projects were cancelled. The main reason was, besides the lack of interest from potential customers, EMC! The conducted emission was not so much of a pr