Technical Topics, May 2004
NASWA To File BPL NPRM Comments
As this issue of the NASWA Journal goes to press, NASWA is getting ready to submit its comments to the FCC on the BPL NPRM, ET docket 04-37. Comments are due by May 3. If you have not yet filed, there are three requests for time extension currently being considered by the FCC so you may still have time. BPL is currently being deployed under existing Part 15 rules. Hopefully the points in the draft NASWA response will help you formulate your own response. There is strength in numbers. The FCC thinks only hams are worried. Be a squeaky wheel and maybe you can help us get some grease.
International Agreements
The FCC is required to observe the rights of other nations to broadcast directly, without interference, to listeners in the United States on frequencies allocated by the ITU (International Telecommunications Union) exclusively for this purpose. The United States is a member of the ITU, an international organization within the United Nations system and a signator to its most recent radio regulation convention.
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