Hi all,
This is a long message, but it is vitally important, so please read. I've just signed the petition myself and ask you all to do so.
Cheers and 73,
Terry GM3WUX (GA3WUX)
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From: john petters
To: Jeff Harris ; G2BKZ ; John ; G3WUX Terry ; Tony Davis ; Norbert admin ; Terry Maton ; Richard Pope ; Paul Balaam ; G4CUJ Eddie ; Keith G3WRO ; brian king
Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2014 10:36 PM
Subject: Fwd: [UKQRM] Petition Against PLT: Reloaded
Hi folks,
Please consider signing this petition to the EU to protect the future of
Amateur radio.
G7CNF is an expert on PLT and knows what he is talking about.
73
John G3YPZ
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Subject: [UKQRM] Petition Against PLT: Reloaded
Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2014 20:52:08 +0100
From: Nige G7CNF [log in to unmask] [UKQRM] <[log in to unmask]>
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Friends.
As you know, I was instrumental in leaking EN50561:2014 some weeks ago.
There can be no mistake, this is a pernicious "standard" which has the
capacity to inflict untold harm to the electromagnetic environment and
to innocent users of the radio spectrum. If you are in any doubt about
this, take a look at my HF spectrum - this is from just one pair of
Comtrend adapters in a neighbour's house.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_08HHjE2VNs and then add 40dB to the
S-meter reading - that is how much interference the new adapters will
have the capacity to generate.
There is now a petition, directed at the EU and we have a window of
opportunity to act. EN50561 has not yet been presented to be published
in the OJ. Radio users need to take an aggressive stance now or face the
consequences later. Do you honestly believe that with an added 40dB of
emissions, the notches will take care of the intermodulation from other
electrical devices on the network? The amateur bands may be notched but
IMD knows nothing of these since it is created by third-party hardware
and outside the control of the PLT adapters. If I sold my house
unwittingly to a SWL as it is right now - what hope would they have of
pursuing their hobby? Add 40dB and I can bet you they will will lost the
vast majority of broadcast stations, let alone other interesting
transmissions. How will dynamic notching know what part of the spectrum
you are trying to listen to if you don't transmit? If you are lucky your
preferred broadcast station 'might' be notched. May be, if its signal is
strong enough on the mains wiring of the neighbour's house. . .
I know what you are thinking - "we tried a petition once before and it
got few signatures." Would it help you to know that the current petition
already is past six and a half thousand and picking up pace? That is
considerably better than the UK petition to No.10. We have an
opportunity to send a loud and clear message to the EU that radio users,
world-wide, will not stand for this. Make no mistake, once these devices
are in production - most likely in China, it will not take long for the
adapters to spread throughout the world, ignoring borders,
administrations and market surveillance authorities.
This time we must unite like never before and spread the message about
the petition to every person that we can conceive might be affected by
increased interference on HF. Remember EN50561 is specified from 1.6 MHz
to 240 MHz so unlike previous adapters, top band is now also in the
frame and so is VHF.
There /is /one fly in the ointment. The original petition was started in
German and consequently if one tries to sign it directly, one needs
translation tools; the petition text has been translated but the
web-interface to complete the process will continue in German. /*DON'T
PANIC!*/
Once you have read the petition, you can make a small change in the URL
to switch languages to English and complete the process with an English
interface (I don't know about you but I'm not too keen on signing
something that I cannot understand!)
The original petition is at:
https://secure.avaaz.org/de/petition/An_Viviane_Reding_Vizepraesidentin_der_Europaeischen_Kommission_Stopp_fuer_PLCTechnologie_Grenzwert_von_der_EU_um_das_20_1
or http://bit.ly/eu-plt in case the long URI is broken by Yahoo.
Once read, look at the URL and after "avaaz.org/" there are two letters
/*"de"*/ (for German language), switch these to /*"en" */and you will be
presented with the English interface (don't forget to hit enter). There
is no description (we are trying to fix this) but you have already seen
it - so it is simply a matter of signing.
The best way currently to promote this is to circulate my blog entry at:
http://wp.g7cnf.me.uk/petition-against-plt-plc-to-the-eu/ which covers
what I have written above; it would be easier to share an ideal with a
URL than it is to circulate a wordy email and retain interest. If
passing verbally I have shortened the blog URL to:
http://bit.ly/plt-petition
This is too important for us to fail. Do not limit your distribution to
UK/EU but tell everybody - sooner or later these devices will be
everywhere and I believe that everyone has the right to object.
Best wishes and power to your elbow,
Nige.G7CNF
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