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| | ARRLWeb: ARRL Seeks Texas BPL Pilot Project Shutdown, Fines |
 | | NEWINGTON, CT, Mar 17, 2005--The ARRL has requested that the FCC immediately shut down an Irving, Texas, BPL pilot project and fine its operator for causing extensive harmful interference to Amateur Radio communications. |
 | | But, the League notes in its complaint, “Nothing has changed since the complaint was first lodged.” As of March 9, 2005, the ARRL said, the system was producing the same amounts of interference within and outside the amateur bands that McIntosh already had reported. |
 | | “ARRL therefore requests that the BPL facility at Irving, Texas, be instructed to shut down immediately, and that it not resume operation unless the facility is shown to be in full compliance with Commission rules regarding radiated emissions and with the non-interference requirement of Section 15.5 of the Commission’s rules,” the League’s complaint said. |
| www.arrl.org /news/stories/2005/03/17/3/?nc=1 (711 words) |
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