I was hoping someone more educated on these matters would speak up.
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -------------------------------------------------- From: "Jonathan Schmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2008 12:04 AM To: "'WISPA General List'" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [WISPA] IBM backs BPL > "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/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
