Sunday, March 30, 2008

SARL SAYS NO TO PLT / BPL

The South African Radio League will be taking a very tough stance in its fight to stop the proliferation of Broadband over Powerline Internet access in that nation. According to a society news release, while the draft regulations for the introduction of what they call Powerline Internet Transmission or PLT go some way to protect the High Frequency radio spectrum from interference the general consensus was that the regulations do not go far enough. SARL says that interference limits, the lack of compulsory notching of the Amateur bands and the inadequate mitigation process were identified as some of the issues left open.The decision was reached following a nationwide net on Sunday,
February 24th where the draft PLT regulations and the negative impact the licensing of Powerline Internet Transmission in South Africa will have on HF communication were discussed. The South African Radio League also received input from experts in the field and a major assistance from the ARRL laboratory which has been dealing with BPL interference issues for several years.

(SARL)

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