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VK7 (Tasmanian) BPL Watch

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BPL Related Links and Information

Regulators

• Australian Communications & Media Authority BPL Portal

• ACMA - Access BPL Trial Guidelines

• ACMA - Access BPL Trial Sites

• ACMA - Mt Nelson Test Report (Sept 2006)

• ACMA - Mt Nelson Test Report (Jan 2007)

• Responses to ACMA paper on BPL Interference 

• ACMA Interference Complaints Form

• DCITA Tech Review on PLC Technology in Australia

• ACMA - EMC testing of broadband over power line equipment fact sheet

• ITU - Telecommunications Saves Lives

• ITU - Emergency Telecommunications

• Tasmanian Electricity Regulator Findings

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Australian Standards

• AS/NZS CISPR 22:2006 (Preview) Information technology equipment - Radio disturbance characteristics - Limits and methods of measurement

Amateur Radio Organisations

• Wireless Institute of Australia BPL Pages

• VK7 BPL Trial - WIA Strategy

• WIA Submission to ACMA

• WIA/REAST Joint Release

• WIA BPL Interference Advisory Service

• ARRL articles specifically relating to amateur radio

• ARRL & DS2 Interference Abatement Efforts

• Radio Society of Great Britain PLC Position Paper

• RSGB PLT references

• European Paper on BPL & Electromagnetic Compatibility

• CQ VHF BPL Resource Page

• Radio Amateurs Canada BPL Pages

• REAST letter of support - WIA submission

• Australian Citizens Radio Emergency Monitors

• IARU R3 - 13th Conference - BPL Report

Tasmanian & Australian BPL Print & TV Articles

• VK7 Broadband/BPL Article by Tom Moffat.

• Examiner article - Interference 12/08/05

• ABC Stateline BPL article transcript - 09/09/2005 

• VK7CCC Examiner Newspaper Response

• The Australian Newspaper article 13/09/05

• Sydney Morning Herald article 14/09/05

• Advocate 14/09/2005

• Examiner 14/09/2005

• Mercury 14/09/2005

• Examiner Editorial Opinion 15/09/2005

• Examiner 15/09/2005

• Channel 7 - Today/Tonight Story 15/09/2005

• Examiner Letter to Editor 16/09/2005

• Examiner 19/09/2005

• Advocate /09/2005

• Examiner 20/09/2005

• Mercury 20/09/2005

• ABC Stateline BPL response transcript 23/09/2005

• Mercury 24/09/2005

• Weekend Financial Review Article - Aurora Trial - Sept 2006

• Sunday Tasmanian - Aurora & TasColt - Jan 2007

• Sunday Tasmanian Letters to the Editor - Jan 2007

• South Hobart Progress Assoc Newsletter - Nov 2007

Tasmanian & Australian Government Sittings/Hearings (BPL)

• Senate Hansard Page 51 - 14/09/2005

• Senate Estimates Hearing 23/05/2006

• Tas Govt Hansard - GBE Hearings - Aurora - 27/07/06

• Tas Govt Hansard - Estimates Committee - 19/06/07

• Tas Govt House of Assembly Petition - 27/09/07

Articles about Abandoned BPL Trials

• Another PowerCo abandons its BPL Trial

• Number of US BPL trials decreasing (from 75 to 40!)

• BPL - 0.5% of market and likely to stay there

• Promises and false promises of PLC/BPL

• Another Telco getting out of BPL

• Another Energy Company ceases BPL trial

• Yet Another Energy Company ceases BPL Trial

• Austrian Authority proves BPL Interference

• BPL becoming an also-ran in broadband race

• Another trial goes silent

• Caslon Analytics overseas trials abandoned

• Maryland utility ends BPL pilot

• Powerline promises broken on broadband

• Summary of BPL Systems and Status in US (ARRL)

• Hawaii Shelves its BPL solution

• Wiki - Concluded Deployments

• BPL Looked like a winner, but it flopped

• Duke moving away from BPL

• Current Potomac Trial Closed

• Aurora Energy Pulls the Plug on BPL

• Shocking times for Aussie broadband over powerline

• Manassas shutdown BPL system

Scientific Studies of BPL

• NTIA Report (2004)

• NTIA Report (2004) Listing of Overseas Studies

• ACMA measurement report on the Moruya trial

• ACMA measurement report on the Queanbeyan trial

• ACMA measurements report on Mt Nelson trial Sept 2006

• ACMA measurements report on Mt Nelson trial Jan 2007

• REAST Emission Measurements of the Tasmanian BPL Trail

• RF Susceptibility of BPL Equipment (ARRL website)

• RF Susceptibility of Tasmanian BPL Trial

• VK1OD - BPL pages including interference evaluation tool

• Comparison of info rate and common last mile media

• EMC - Interference and BPL Part 1

• EMC - Interference and BPL Part 2

• ARRL Scientific Studies of BPL - Webpage

• Caslon Analytics Paper on BPL

• Virginia Journal of Law and Technology

• Austrian Report on PLC interference

• NATO Report on HF Interference, Procedures and Tools

• VK7TW Noise Floor Measurements Sept 2007

• VK7TW BPL Measurements Nov 2007

Tasmanian BPL Providers

• Aurora Notification of BPL Trial Start

• Tastel BPL site

• Aurora Submission on VOIP Regulation

• Aurora Set to Expand BPL Roll-out

• Aurora Invitation - South Hobart

• Aurora Notification of BPL Trial Shutdown

Tasmanian BPL Vendors

• Mitsubishi Electric Web Site

• Mitsubishi PLC Band Plans

• Mitsubishi Ends Involvement in BPL Trial

• Motorola Canopy System Product Specification

• Motorola LV BPL Whitepaper Feb 2006

• Corinex Communication

• Corinex Pilot Program

• Corinex LV Access Gateway

Other Interesting BPL Articles & Websites

• Whirlpool News on Tasmanian Trial

• Digital Radio Mondiale obliterated by BPL in Belgium

• BPL Trial buries interference debate 09/2005

• PCWorld Article - BPL expansion in 2005

• US FCC Part 15 - Unlicensed RF Devices

• WIA response to PCWorld Article

• Underground Trial - unfair 26/09/2006

• GoBPL Website

• EHam list on BPL Restrictions in Australia

• FCC petition by W.Lee McVey

• BPL not suited for rural areas

• EDN Article on BPL - Nov 2005

• FCC & the Manassas Trial

• BPL threatens marine distress and safety channels

• Marine Spectrum Interference Claims

• VK3 & VK5 BPL Trials announced

• Official US BPL Deployment Database 

• Comprehensive BPL FAQ

• BPL - Ready or Not

• An Expert's Analysis of BPL

• US Govtech Magazine Article

• Utilities Speak Out - A Hard Look at BPL

• US Local (New Jersey) Government Eyes BPL

• BPL Trial Unfair - WIA

• Engineer Live E-Mag article on BPL

• The Curse of BPL

• 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 - The year of BPL???

• BPL's cloudy future

• Swedish Trial Unstable

• The Great Home BPL Test - What Worked And What Didn't

• Court Finds FCC Violated Administrative Procedure Act in BPL Decision

• Mt Nelson BPL Virtual Tour (8 minute video)

• North Hobart BPL Virtual Tour (4 minute video)

• Are you ready for BPL in your neighbourhood? (6 minute video)

• IEC/CISPR Threatens Radio Services by a Planned 18 dB Relaxation of PLT Disturbance Limits (DJ5IL)

• FCC Reports Decline in BPL Customers (ARRL)