[A-DX] OT -- RSGB attacked for defending radio spectrum

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Vy 73 es best DX
Tom DF5JL

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The chair of the EU committee on powerline networking has, perhaps predictably, attacked the RSGB's call to arms in the battle against PLT radio pollution.

Bill Ray writing on The Register reports that the Radio Society of Great Britain reckons the new standard, prEN 50561-1, will water down existing requirements, opening the way to greater spectrum pollution, and has asked members to lobby their local representatives. But Ronald Storrs, Chair of the committee defining the standard refutes that.

Read The Register article at
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/08/20/plt_rsgb/

In a statement the RSGB EMC committee say:
There is only a very short time window to take action to prevent what will be an EMC disaster. Many National Committees will vote early, due to the summer vacations. It is absolutely critical that anyone who values unpolluted radio spectrum urgently takes the following actions;

- Contact your national amateur radio society and ask what it is doing.
- If you are not a member of the RSGB, or live outside the UK, find out who is on your NC, contact them and explain the situation, it is important that they understand that the proposed PLT standard sets a precedent and its approval could lead to widespread spectrum pollution.

A list of NCs can be found at http://www.cenelec.eu/dyn/www/f?p=104:5:43324536040578

- It may also help writing to the European Commission:
  Octavia Popescu,
  European Commission - DG Enterprise & Industry
  Unit G4 - Mechanical, Electrical and Telecom Equipment
  BREY 07/318, B - 1040 Brussels

- Get the word out, forward this statement to your local message boards and radio clubs.
- When you have a QSO ask other European amateurs if they have heard about this issue.

RSGB board member Don Beattie G3BJ explains the threat posed by this draft PLT standard at
http://www.southgatearc.org/news/august2012/
new_draft_plt_standard_pren50561_1.htm

RSGB EMC Committee Statement on prEN50561-1
http://www.rsgb.org/news/articlelinks.php?id=0388

Ronald Storrs is understood to work for a company that provides Power Line Communication (PLC / PLT) systems, see CISPR Project Team Dominated by PLT Lobby http://cq-cq.eu/cispr22part2

Source: http://www.southgatearc.org/news/august2012/rsgb_attacked_for_defending_radio_spectrum.htm

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