This IS the repeater from the medium voltage feeder to the low voltage residential lines to get around the transformer. This is just across the river from me! Great Pictures... Thanks!.
Tim Anderson, AG4XM ARRL KY Section TC -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Neal Newman Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 7:19 AM To: Discussion of AM Radio Subject: Spam Alert: Re: [AMRadio] Pix of BPL hardware on utility poles in Cincinnati I am confused by the Photos.... Besides broadcast/ audio Engineer I am an IBEW electrician. the thing that confuses Me..where is the Ethernet port and or Fiber connection to feed this unit with Data? It has to be connected to the Network somehow.. My second thought is that this Unit is a BPL Repeater.... getting its data from the single leg High voltage side through the long Coupler. then repeated down to the 220 single phase lowvoltage side...???? this cannot Be a feed souce since I see no Fiber or other Network Connection David Knepper wrote: >Don, thanks for the pictures of "doom and gloom." I sure would hate to see >something like that in my neighborhood. I am really concerned that if the >Republicans stay in office that FCC Chairman Powell will continue to push >this technology. Senator Kerry would remove this individual and send him to >the unemployment line, along with his Dad. > > >Dave, W3ST >Publisher of the Collins Journal >Secretary to the Collins Radio Association >www.collinsra.com >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Donald Chester" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 3:03 AM >Subject: [AMRadio] Pix of BPL hardware on utility poles in Cincinnati > > > > >>Take a look at this incredible Rube Goldberg Contraption! Click on "BPL >>Hi-Res" for close-up photos. Note the electrical tape on the low voltage >>side. This junk even beats some ham installations I have seen. >> >>http://www.danielwoodie.com/BPLLORES.htm >> >>_________________________________________________________________ >>Overwhelmed by debt? Find out how to 'Dig Yourself Out of Debt' from MSN >>Money. http://special.msn.com/money/0407debt.armx >> >>______________________________________________________________ >>AMRadio mailing list >>Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio >>Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html >>Post: mailto:[email protected] >> >> > >______________________________________________________________ >AMRadio mailing list >Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio >Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html >Post: mailto:[email protected] > > > > ______________________________________________________________ AMRadio mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:[email protected]
