Roger Halstead wrote:

I don't know how many are aware of the current push to implement
Broadband Power Line (BPL) high speed internet connections, but is has
some interesting ramifications.

Perhaps Jim has looked into this.

BPL as I understand it caused a good deal of interference from a bit
above the AM broadcast band to the lower VHF frequencies where it was
tested. The companies pushing BPL claimed they had no interference
(in some carefully selected areas, some with only 10 homes), yet
independent testing showed that they did.

My concerns a Should we as pilots be concerned as to what this can
do to our nav radios? What about an ILS which is on the bottom of the
aviation frequencies.. NDBs which are at the other end of the
spectrum?

Roger Halstead (K8RI EN73 & ARRL Life Member)
www.rogerhalstead.com
N833R World's oldest Debonair? (S# CD-2)

The power companies around here have let their systems get so bad that it
is hard to listen to AM broadcast stations. The insulators are cracked and
leaking evrywhere and they will not put any effort into PM work.
If this is any indication of what they will do with that Broadband system
you are talking about, I think we are all in for a surprise. I am
surprised that government let them do it. It is going to be a mess.

Phil