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Is the opposition to BPL interference well funded as Ive seen journalists and BPL vendors write?

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Is the opposition to BPL interference well funded as Ive seen journalists and BPL vendors write?

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Most BPL interference opposition has come from Amateur radio operators in their spare time using their own resources. The ARRL has had a spectrum defense fund for years, but it’s a non-profit organization. ARRL did have a special fundraising to help defray its costs doing studies, visits to the FCC and related costs. It raised about $300,000, which pales in contrast to the real big dollars that the industry it trying to make. ARRL has spent more than it raised by quite a bit, as the numerous engineering studies it has filed with the FCC can attest. Arguably, BPL interests like Amperion, Ambient, UPLC, APPA, PLCA, PPL, Progress Energy, Con Ed, some of which are public companies with considerable political clout and deep pockets are much better positioned to move forward their agendas than the ARRL and Amateurs.

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