Technical Topics, December 2003
Anti-BPL Forces Muster For Battle
On November 7, 2003 the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) sponsored a meeting of various organizations that had previously expressed at least a cautionary posture to BPL regarding the FCC’s Notice Of Inquiry 03-104. The National Association of Broadcasters in Washington, DC hosted the meeting. I represented NASWA and the interests of the entire shortwave listener community. The ARRL has published their summary of the meeting in the ARRL Letter, Vol. 22, No. 45, November 14, 2003. Quoted statements in this article are from that letter. You can access that letter via the ARRL web site at: http://www.arrl.org/arrlletter/.
Here are some observations from my personal notes.
One would think, that with the future of shortwave broadcasting in North America at stake, companies whose sales depend in large measure on shortwave radio would have been well represented. Only Yaesu, of all the receiver manufacturers and retailers, was present and ably represented by Chip Margelli. He is with the Engineering/R&D Department of Vertex Standard’s Amateur Division and traveled from California to make important contributions to the discussion. However, Icom, MFJ, Sangean, Kenwood, Eton Corp. (Grundig North America), Grove Enterprises, and Passport To World Band Radio were invited to attend but for one reason or another did not show.
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