Technical Topics, December 2004
FCC Publishes BPL Report and Order
That thud you just heard was the other shoe dropping. An anonymous wag once said, “The devil is in the details.” After reviewing the FCC’s Report and Order on BPL, it is clear that the devil is alive and well and living at the FCC.
NASWA, individual shortwave listeners and radio amateurs for that matter had most of their BPL comments ignored or rejected by the FCC. About the best thing that can be said is that the FCC did acknowledge international broadcasting as a licensed service and at least did read NASWA’s comments. On a positive note, the FCC will move ahead with a national database of BPL operators with interference complaint contact points by telephone and e-mail. BPL operators are required to notch certain frequencies to mitigate harmful interference and as a last resort to shut down equipment causing interference. Beyond that there is little good news.
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