I think that city shut it down finally but I might be wrong. My city owns
it's own too and my friend, is a ham, and is the president's right hand man,
president of the power company that is, so we get things done in that
department around here and I have it on good authority it won't be coming
here. they like what they use now with fiber optic stuff now much better.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Kenyon" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 11:06 AM
Subject: Re: BAND conditions
> Well, I have heard that on Coast to Coast that there are a lot of people
> who don't want it, but the FCC went a head and pushed forward with it
> enspite the better advice of other countries who have tried it with bad
> results. I don't know if the town in Virginia is still using the BPL, but
> the city I guess owns the electrical utility company.
>
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>
> On Tue, 30 May 2006, John Miller wrote:
>
>> most areas find it's not cost effective to use BPL and don't use it. I
>> know
>> they played with it in my area for the big shots in the power company and
>> they said they'd take it no further. A lot of the area agrees.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Jeff Kenyon" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 10:01 AM
>> Subject: Re: BAND conditions
>>
>>
>> > Hi there, I think that BPL will be the biggest threat, and the antenna
>> > issue. I know that in Virginia the BPL I think is in use, but I don't
>> > know if it has started up for sure or not. Does anyone know where this
>> > is
>> > going to expand to next with regard to BPL?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Tue, 30 May 2006, Colin McDonald wrote:
>> >
>> >> personally i don't think it has much to do with echolink or
>> >> IRLP...since
>> >> there aren't a whole lot of HF privvallaged folks on there anyway.
>> >> Its probably got more to do with the fact that most people in our day
>> >> and
>> >> age don't have as much time for persuing their radio hobby as they
>> >> once
>> >> did.
>> >> Also, with the american operators becoming more and more restricted as
>> >> to
>> >> antennas in housing developments, with hams who previously operated
>> >> HF,
>> >> now
>> >> having to stick to 2M and 70CM because they can only use a mobile set
>> >> up.
>> >> I think echolink and IRLP are pretty much the least of the issues out
>> >> there
>> >> that are causing us to hear less and less folks on the HF bands.
>> >> Lets not forget that many many hams simply aren't bothering to get on
>> >> the
>> >> air because they do not like to deal with unstable conditions and are
>> >> waiting for conditions to get more stable, if not necesarily better.
>> >> the threat of BPL has also thrown a shadow over many, and their plans
>> >> for
>> >> antennas and so on have been put on hold until plans are finalized one
>> >> way
>> >> or the other for BPL projects...no point in putting in an expensive
>> >> antenna
>> >> system when it will prove useless when BPL goes through in your area
>> >> right?
>> >> I think another big problem, especially right now, is that there are
>> >> less
>> >> and less US hams that are getting HF privallages because the
>> >> regulations
>> >> are
>> >> still quite stringent. You will hear many many more hams from Canada
>> >> and
>> >> other countries who have relaxed the code requirements on the HF bands
>> >> now
>> >> compared with a year ago.
>> >> These are surprisingly very good operators and I personally have seen
>> >> nothing but good come out of relaxing the code requirement here.
>> >> 73
>> >> Colin, V A6BKX
>> >>
>> >
>> >
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