[BC] The FCC bends over...AGAIN

[Dana Puopolo]

The problem is, RF radiation in the bands where BPL operates (the 3-28 mHz)can
travel for thousands of miles-especially with an efficient antenna (which a
long power line would certainly be). I once worked Japan from Massachusetts on
7 mHz running a Heathkit CW QRP tranceiver that puts out about 100 milliwatts
(and runs on a lantern battery). Antenna was a half wave dipole (67 feet

ANY radiation in this band can cause interference across town and also across
the globe!

-D

------ Original Message ------
Received: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 05:12:08 PM EDT
From: Bill Harms <philcobill at verizon.net>


Please correct me if I am wrong, but I thought that one of the biggest
selling points for BPL was that it would hook up users in rural areas
that would not have ground-based Internet otherwise.  I am talking about
the wide open spaces in the West especially.

Bill