Hams Complain about Powerline Broadband

dwm writes "Think broadband over power lines (BPL) would be wonderful? There might be some collateral damage. The American Radio Relay League (your friendly neighborhood ham radio operators) have documented dramatic HF radio interference in areas where BPL is being tested (Check out the video of actual interference)."

Comments

Re:Harmful interference

[stephanruby]

The radio spectrum is an infinite spectrum and it really does bother me that some people don't understand that. Personally, I think the spectrum should be reallocated and the regulations should be rewritten from scratch every ten years.

Where's the problem??

[r00zky]

From posted comments we can infer:

a) Ham is only useful in:
- disasters
- unpopulated areas w/o internet connectivity or cellphone coverage or satellite communication coverage

b) The rest of uses of ham radio falls under the description of hobby.

- When a disaster happens the first to go out is power, so no problem with interferences here.
- The unpopulated areas which comply requisites of such isolation are unlikely to have power coverage!

So, no problem! Benefits of broadband over power lines overweight by some orders of magnitude the ham radio usefulness.