Off Subject: BROADCASTERS INTERVENE TO SUPPORT ARRL IN BPL COURT APPEAL

[Andre Kesteloot]

>From the ARRL Newsletter:
André N4ICK

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==> BROADCASTERS INTERVENE TO SUPPORT ARRL IN BPL COURT APPEAL

The Association for Maximum Service Television (MSTV) and the National
Association of Broadcasters (NAB) have filed a joint motion for leave to
intervene in support of the ARRL in its court appeal of the Federal
Communications Commission's Broadband over Power Line (BPL) rules.

The motion to the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
is dated November 9 and states: "MSTV and NAB believe that the regulations
under review are arbitrary, capricious, and contrary to law, and will
adversely impact their members by, among other things, permitting unlicensed
users of radio spectrum to interfere with licensed uses of the spectrum."

MSTV and NAB are entitled to intervene as a matter of right, so the Court is
expected to grant the motion. As expected, some BPL proponents are seeking
to intervene on the side of the FCC.

ARRL Chief Executive Officer David Sumner, K1ZZ, welcomed the support of
MSTV and NAB. "It is gratifying that these two prestigious broadcasting
organizations recognize the danger posed to all FCC licensees by the FCC's
flawed BPL rules. It's good to have them on our side."