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REQUEST THAT THE FCC INSTRUCT THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY BPL FACILITY TO SHUT
DOWN IMMEDIATELY AND NOT RESUME OPERATION UNTIL IT CAN DEMONSTRATE FULL
COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE FCC RULES.  THE ARRL ALSO ASSERTED THAT THE
BRIARCLIFF MANOR BPL PILOT SYSTEM BE LISTED IN THE PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE
DATABASE.  A 25 PAGE ENGINEERING REPORT THAT ACCOMPANIED THE LEAGUES
COMPLAINT DETAILED MEASUREMENTS THAT ARRL LABORATORY MANAGER ED HARE,
W1RFI, MADE EARLY LAST DECEMBER IN BRIARCLIFF MANOR.  ARRL HAS REPEATEDLY
FOUND IN PAST MEASUREMENTS AT THE SITE THAT THE SYSTEM OPERATES WITH
RADIATED EMISSION LEVELS STRONG ENOUGH TO CAUSE WIDESPREAD HARMFUL
INTERFERENCE TO THE AMATEUR RADIO SERVICE, THE LEAGUE SAID.  IT HAS ALSO
FOUND ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS THAT PART OF THE SYSTEM WERE OPERATING AT LEVELS
EXCEEDING THE EMISSION LIMITS FOR BPL SYSTEMS OPERATING UNDER PART 15 OF
THE COMMISSIONS RULES.  THE LEAGUES ENGINEERING SURVEY INDICATED THAT
NOTCHING AMBIENT PREVIOUSLY REPORTED TO HAVE DONE WAS NOT IN PLACE AND
THAT, AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS, THE BPL SYSTEM WAS OPERATING AT OR NEAR THE FCC
EMISSION LIMITS IN THE AMATEUR BANDS, CAUSING STRONG INTERFERENCE.  THE
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KD5ETS K5TTY KE6JCA K7AZW KA7LOZ WB7VAS KC8HHM N8SVR WB9EWM W9YP N0NLF
KC5EZS N5TW KO6JF WW7BA N7LQD N7VBW KC8HIN KC8SXG KB9EZZ KB9YSA KC0NPG
N5FDL KB5TWO KE6J K7BC N7LSL K7VC K8HLH K8TAC KB9FEM KB9YSB KC0NRZ WD5FEE
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ARRL SAID AMBIENT HAS REPEATEDLY REPRESENTED TO THE COMMISSION THAT IT HAD
NOTCHED ALL AMATEUR BANDS.  THAT IS NOT TRUE, THE LEAGUE CHARGED.  ARRL
DISCOVERED THAT THE NOTCHING IS NOT IN PLACE AT ALL LOCATIONS AT WHICH ITS
SYSTEM OPERATES.  THE JANUARY 5 ARRL COMPLAINT, CONTINUED REQUEST FOR
IMMEDIATE CESSATION OF OPERATION, WAS SIGNED BY ARRL COUNSEL CHRIS IMLAY,
W3KD.  IT WAS SENT TO FCC SPECTRUM ENFORCEMENT DIVISION CHIEF JOSEPH CASEY
AS WELL AS TO ACTING OFFICE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY CHIEF BRUCE
FRANCA AND EXPERIMENTAL LICENSING DIVISION CHIEF JAMES BURTLE.  A COPY OF
THE COMPLAINT ALSO WENT TO THE COUNSEL FOR AMBIENT CORPORATION.  ARRL
NORTHWESTERN DIVISION DIRECTOR GREG MILNES, W7OZ, SK ARRL NORTHWESTERN
DIVISION DIRECTOR GREG E.  MILNES, W7OZ EX W7AGQ, OF HILLSBORO, OREGON,
DIED DECEMBER 17 AS A RESULT OF A HEART ATTACK HED SUFFERED EARLIER WHILE
RETURNING FROM A TRIP.  HE WAS 66.  ITS A GREAT SADNESS THAT WE ALL FEEL
HERE AT THE LEAGUE AT THE PASSING OF GREG MILNES, OUR NORTHWESTERN DIVISION
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K6JMA K7BFL N7LV KK7VH W8ILC N8TFD W9FOZ KB9YYW W0NSA W5FRG KD5TXD KF6KDD

INCLUDING YOUR INTRODUCTION TO MORSE CODE.  WOLFGANG ALSO EDITED THE 1990
EDITION OF THE ARRL HANDBOOK AND HAS BEEN HANDLING EDITOR FOR A NUMBER OF
OTHER ARRL PUBLICATIONS.  TWO HAMS TAPPED AS NEXT SPACE STATION CREW NASA
AND ITS INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS HAVE ANNO
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N8TVU W9GOC K9ZQ KA0O KC5GWA N5UJG AE6LB KE7BQX W7MUM WB7VQH K8JAA WB8T
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