Re: [Swprograms] OT: FCC Issues BPL Rules

[Joe Buch <joseph.buch@xxxxxxx>]

At 11:27 PM 10/14/04 -0700, Bill wrote:
>I'm just wondering.....if its ok for the power companies to be over 100mw 
>output with BPL and basically walk all over the FCC rules....is it now okay 
>for me to build a 5 watt transmitter and put it on shortwave? Hey if the 
>power companies can go over 100mw's....why can't anyone else? I assume 
>Powell, Quinalan and the rest of those clowns never have anticipated the 
>possibility of someone saying, "Hey if the ABC power firm can broadcast with 
>over 100mw of power- I should be able to as well".
>Just food for thought.
>

The 100mw rule applies only between 540 and 1700 kHz and then only if using an antenna and ground lead no more than 10 feet in length.  At SW frequencies Part 15 requires radiated levels of field strength 

Here's another idea; couple your 150 watt ham rig into the power line through a capacitor.  Once the BPL company installs those bypass capacitors around your pole transformer, the entire power grid could become your transmitting antenna. And incidently, the receiver in nearby BPL repeaters will likely fry in the first 20 milliseconds of your first transmission.  There will be no trace of what caused the problem.  Soon the power company will get tired of replacing repeaters and fold the service as not being reliable.  They will likely leave the transformer bypass capacitors in place rather than spend money to remove them.  Now you will be able to use the power grid as a huge transmitting antenna.


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