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Information on BPL in Czechoslovakia
Australian Citizens Radio Emergency Monitors (ACREM)
This page has links to articles and the sights and sounds of BPL in Australia.
Australian Communications Authority
This official Australian government site outlines the Australian government's policy and regulations about BPL. Clearly recognizing the interference potential of BPL, the Australian government's Access Trial Guidelines contains a list of 12 aeronautical bands, 4 broadcast bands and 27 specific frequencies that must not be used by BPL. In addition, the usual requirement not to cause harmful interference is still in effect. They also require that the companies seeking to do BPL tests in Australia contact all licensees within 1 km of a BPL operation, to coordinate and to avoid interference.
Delta Township Auxiliary Communications Service BPL Pages
OE5ULL is a victim of the Linz Strom GMbH PLT (Linz Power Inc. BPL) system
Radio and Electronics Association of Southern Tasmania.
This has links to information, articles, audio recordings and other sites.
CQ VHF BPL Resources
Welcome to BPL Info Central, presented by CQ Communications, publishers of CQ, CQ VHF and Popular Communications magazines. This site is your resource for facts, background and tips on dealing with the interference threat posed to hams, shortwave listeners, CBers and other HF/VHF spectrum users by Broadband over Power Lines (BPL). The following links should help you in crafting comments for the FCC &/or speaking knowledgeably about BPL to your club, municipal officials or local news media.
Radio Amateurs Canada BPL
Information on the work that the Radio Amateurs of Canada are doing to address BPL regulations and interference in Canada.
Wireless Institute of Australia
This site contains information on interviews with WIA representatives and BPL trials are regulations in Australia.
Austria: Powerline-PLC.Info
This site in English contains information about BPL/PLC in Austria, news and downloads of audio and video recordings of BPL interference,
Germany: DARC BPL/PLC
This German-language page contains links to information about BPL in Germany, BPL test results, video and audio recordings and links to other BPL pages.
DL5QE BPL/PLC web page
This German BPL/PLC was one of the first ones in Germany to draw attention to the PLC threat. It is in German, although some of the information is mirrored in English on Martin's QSL.net site). Some of the material, such as the video files, has been drawn from other sources, e.g. the Austrian Radio Amateur Society. There are also a number of audio files which demonstrate interference to various shortwave broacast services.
Associaton of German Speaking Shortwave Listeners
This German-language BPL page is on the site of the Associaton of German Speaking Shortwave Listeners http://www.addx.de. It contains a copy of a petition against PLC (in its present interference prone form) by the ADDX and the proposed NB 30 (which meanwhile passed into law)to the German parliamen, among other things. It also contains copies of letters by the ADDX to the European Commission (and some of the Commissions's responses to them)in English. These may be of interest to US hams, too, although their focus is more political than technical.
JARL BPL web page - in Japanse
Google translation into English
PLC in Japan
This web page features a number of audio recordings of BPL interference from in-premise BPL modems in Japan. Most dramatic are some of the demonstrations of strong interference to international shortwave broadcasting. The site also includes an excellent tutorial on BPL/PLC in Japan, as well as some spectral meaurements.
Japan
This blog, written in Japanese, is following the BPL status in Japan.
NZART BPL Page
Links to Information, News and Articles relating to BPL in New Zealand, and links to other International BPL Pages.
Radio Society of Great Britain BPL pages
Members of the EMC Committee devote a great deal of their time in trying to safeguard and protect our bands. One of the biggest threats is from the prospect of PLT being adopted in the UK. The information on this page shows progress to date.
South Africa
This paper explains the South African SARL position on BPL/PLC.
USA: ARRL's BPL page
This page contains links to a BPL FAQ; information about interference from BPL to amateur and other shortwave reception; information about the degradation of BPL from nearby HF transmitters; general information about interference and the electric-utility industry; identification of BPL noises and equipment; many links to audio and video recordings of BPL interference; suggestions on how to react if BPL is going to come to your area; step-by-step instructions on making pre-BPL "baseline" measurements and accurate measurements of BPL field-strength levels; links to many amateur-radio articles about BPL; links to media articles about BPL that are more than the usual BPL-press releases; suggestions on how to work with the media and press on BPL questions; a page outlining the various BPL business-case studies (pro and con); BPL information from the US FCC; downloadable Power Point presentations on BPL; links to other BPL web sites and links to BPL organizations and manufacturers.
USA: GOBPL.com
Although a bit flamboyant in its approach, this site contains information and news about BPL in the US.
Ak-Sar-Ben Amateur Radio Club BPL page
Delta Township, MI Auxiliary Communications Service BPL page
ARRL North Texas Section Web Page on Texas BPL Legislation
This page outlines the issues on pending Texas legislation affecting BPL and the resources that Texas hams have to address it.
Comments on the new Texas BPL Bill by Tom Blackwell, N5GAR
This page outlines pending Texas legislation to promote BPL and the plans Texas hams to oppose it.
Cedar Rapids BPL Trial Information
Central Texas DX and Contest Club
Cumberland Valley Amateur Radio Club BPL page
The CVARC was opposed to the introduction of BPL to Chambersburg, PA (principle city in the club's service area). The Sphigler Group peddled its way to the Chambersburg Borough with a proposal to "study" the feasibility of BPL for the Borough utility users. In January 2005, the Borough decided not to implement BPL in Chambersburg. This site outlines some of the steps that were taken along the way to make this happen.
The truth about BPL! Manassas, VA
The BPL system in Manassas, VA has often been cited as being interference free. To the contrary, this site contains documentation of the interference, the denials and cover-ups about it and the failed attempts to fix it. It also has a section on testing done by the amateurs in Manassas that show that the BPL system is shut down by a few watts of nearby transmitter. Audio and video recordings round out the presentation.
Menlo Park, CA
See also the BPL information on The Palo Alto Amateur Radio Association web page.
Texas BroadBand over Power Line Information
This page covers the BPL situation in all three ARRL Sections in Texas.
Verde Valley Amateur Radio Association
The Verde Valley Amateur Radio Association is in the front lines in the fight to protect amateur radio from all forms of interference. At the VVARA website, you will find links to much of the exchange between the VVARA, Mountain Telecommunications (the ISP), APS (the utility), Electric Broadband (the venture capitalist), AND the FCC. Cottonwood, Arizona is the site of a BPL trial and, for what may be the first time ever, where the FCC in granting a temporary license, has included a requirement in the stipulations of the license that the grantee maintain liaison with an amateur radio club.
Stop BPL!
This page about BPL is written from the perspective of shortwave listening.
VK1OD - BPL pages including interference evaluation tool
This page includes BPL information and a link to software that can be used to use communications receivers to make field-strength measurements.
Are you ready for BPL enablement of your home and neighbourhood?
This informational brochure was prepared to help amateurs in Australia understand the BPL issues.
PLC Digest
PLC Digest is a free, google adsense-supported service which details all the recent news and article releases relevant to the PLC / BPL industry. It is well balanced, presenting general information in an unbiased way, with lots of useful links to other pages, articles and informationThis site features links to virtually every article about BPL/PLC, pro and con.
BPL - Broadband over Power Lines
Daniel Woodie, KC8ZUM
BPL is a controversial new method of delivering broadband internet access. The controversial part of BPL is that it has the potential to cause severe interference to radio communications including that of Amateur Radio Operators. This page will be devoted to information on BPL as a technology as well as observations of interference (or the lack thereof) by amateur radio operators and others.
