Yeah, we'll see how quick they are to happily 'notch out' the QRM they cause to a single Amateur complainant, even if he knows what the source is from this great registration database they're hawking. First, how is interference to be measured and quantified? Who will 'fact check' the interference data the utilities themselves will supposedly have to maintain, or judge each interference case? FCC field inspectors?? That's a laugh, the handful who are left can't handle their exploding workload now. And nobody's talking about adding FCC enforcement personnel, quite the opposite. (But you can sure count on more lawyers in the agency.)
The burden of proof thus will be on the licensed complainant's side, not the unlicensed Part 15 operator's side. That one complainant could shut down or restrict service to a much larger number of citizens immediately makes the complainant the 'bad guy', and it won't be long until he gets steamrollered by 'the greater public interest'. It's a scenario that's a set up to lose. Political Science is where votes and money, not physics, make things happen. g Geoff/W5OMR wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 9:06 PM > Subject: NPRM -- Broadband over Power Line (BPL) > > > Gents and Ladies -- > > > > The FCC held a public meeting today (Thursday, Feb 12) where the subject of > > a Notice of Proposed Making (NPRM) relaxing limitations on Part 15 devices > > between 2 and 80 Mhz was discussed. We also know this is the Broadband over > > Power Lines (BPL) controversy. It appears the meeting was less than > > positive, SEE: > > > > http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2004/02/12/5/?nc=1
