"You are correct, electric companies saw huge benefits for internal use but the real reason it did not move forward was because electric companies are conservative by nature and they didnt like the heat coming from the ARRL over interference issues, which btw were not real."
The interference is real. The ARRL is real and very conservative. And, any conductor carrying RF that isn't a proper, geometrically arranged transmission line, properly terminated in the proper impedance, will radiate and radiate most of its RF energy. Where do you think that goes? And, where do stubs dissipate their RF?...into the 4th dimension? Were it not for careful oversight of the spectrum, we would be back in the stone ages with AM and FM and TV because of interference. Police and fire radios would be hit and miss. Our licensed and unlicensed spectrum would be a mess. Blasting the HF spectrum into random lengths of conductors and stubs at watts of power has proved to be nasty. It isn't just the ARRL...the courts have decided that. It isn't just RF on the power lines, either. You can hear DSL interference in neighborhoods with overhead telephone wiring on poles when you try to listen to local AM stations at night when they are forced to drop their power. The political influence of the Telcos to force through their agenda may be followed by that of the electric companies but it won't be to our advantage. They have the right of way, the poles, and the money. Stringing a fiber along the poles along with the wiring would seem to be a far better and long term strategy than to pretend that wires are wires and that 60Hz is the same as 600,000Hz and the ground return and distribution are compatible architectures. The entire concept is pseudo-science, appealing to those who are easily fooled into thinking wishes become true because it sorta makes sense. Jonathan Schmidt -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
