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Background: The Club is opposed to the introduction of BPL to Chambersburg, PA (principle city in the club's service area). The Sphigler Group peddled it's way to the Chambersburg Borough with a proposal to "study" the feasibility of BPL for the Boro utility users. |
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CLICK HERE TO SEE THE BPL PRESENTATION THE |
 April
1 2005: Texas BPL Pilot Project Shuts Down, League Withdraws Complaint
(CVARC is referenced in this article)
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January
30, 2005:  ARRL Posts: Chambersburg town drops BPL plans
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January 30, 2005: Working with local Government that is
considering BPL (synopsis by Dave Yoder KB3HUC)
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| January 1, 2005: Manassas Traffic Lights to be controlled with BPL???? |
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December
24, 2004: Account for domain electricbroadband.com has been suspended!
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December
24, 2004: Who's minding the broadband over power line (BPL) store in Cottonwood, Arizona?
December 20, 2004: ARRL CEO: Amateur Radio's Issues with BPL All Come Down to Interference December 17, 2004: ARRL Repeats Demand for FCC to Shut Down New York BPL Field Trial |
| December 17, 2004: Major ISP tells FCC BPL not a "commercially viable alternative" to cable, DSL |
| November 9, 2004: The ARRL Power Point Presentation on BPL *Ed Hare W1RFI* |
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November 7, 2004:
The Hazards of BPL The ARRL web site has posted a link for all to see the CVARC PowerPoint presentation to the Borough Of Chambersburg! |
October 21, 2004: AT&T, Pacific Gas and Electric Dissolve BPL Partnership |
| October 14, 2004: FCC Acknowledges Interference Potential of BPL as it Okays Rules to Deploy It |
| Here are some links about the fight:
The handout was created by CVARC clubmember George Harris (N3GH) which was distributed to each Borough Council member and was also snail mailed to all local amateur operators in the area! |
| Newspaper extracts (Public Opinion, Chambersburg, PA) August 24, 2004 Ham radio users oppose broadband lines September 14, 2004 Radio users to respond to broadband suggestion September 28, 2004 Ham Radio users make case against Broadband system Newspaper extracts (Herald Mail, Hagerstown, MD) Borough Council delays decision on broadband trial (Sep. 28, 2004) Pa. council hears pros and cons of broadband's reach |
