[Lf] PowerLine carriers

[Andre' Kesteloot]

Lyle Koehler wrote:

> Power line carrier systems operate under Part 15 rather than as a
> licensed service. They are subject to the same rules and have the same
> "rights" (essentially, none) as other Part 15 users, at least as I read
> Section 15.5 (reproduced below)
>
> Section 15.5 General conditions of operation.
> (a) Persons operating intentional or unintentional radiators shall not
> be deemed to have any
> vested or recognizable right to continued use of any given frequency by
> virtue of prior registration or
> certification of equipment, or, for power line carrier systems, on the
> basis of prior notification of use
> pursuant to Section 90.63(g) of this chapter.
> (b) Operation of an intentional, unintentional, or incidental radiator
> is subject to the conditions
> that no harmful interference is caused and that interference must be
> accepted that may be caused by
> the operation of an authorized radio station, by another intentional or
> unintentional radiator, by
> industrial, scientific and medical (ISM) equipment, or by an incidental
> radiator.
> (c) The operator of a radio frequency device shall be required to cease
> operating the device
> upon notification by a Commission representative that the device is
> causing harmful interference.
> Operation shall not resume until the condition causing the harmful
> interference has been corrected.
> (d) Intentional radiators that produce Class B emissions (damped wave)
> are prohibited.
>
> --
> Lyle, K0LR
>
> http://www.computerpro.com/~lyle
>
> Peter Barick wrote:
> >
> > Re: VLF Interference And The Utilities
> >
> > K0TO's deliberate comments on lowfers operations and proposed low-band
> > amateur licensing are well taken. However his contention that the
> > utilities "are not protected from interference" in the low-band raised
> > some concerns by this reader. It would seem that they along with major
> > broadcasting services would *all* be covered by interference regulations
> > of the FCC to achieve their public service commitments.
> >
> > Could someone comment on this point?
> >
> > Peter Barick, Sycamore Il
> >
> > >>> "Tod - ID" <tao at skypoint.com> 08/03/00 10:26PM >>>
> > N1LF wrote:
> >
> > > Last week I called ARRL headquarters to ask about the ARRL's
> > > LF Petition status.
> > <<klip'd on reading>>
> >
> > <<K0TO responds, in part...>>
> >
> >  Especially since there have been no
> > reported cases of interference from GWEN. (The utilities are not
> > protected
> > from interference on these frequencies by current rules anyway). Other
> > comments that may be constructive would be good too.
> > <<klip'd>>
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