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=46rom the ARRL Newsletter:
Andr=E9 N4ICK

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=3D=3D> BROADCASTERS INTERVENE TO SUPPORT ARRL IN BPL COURT APPEAL

The Association for Maximum Service Television (MSTV) and the Nationa=
l
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 Ci=
rcuit
is dated November 9 and states: "MSTV and NAB believe that the regula=
tions
under review are arbitrary, capricious, and contrary to law, and will
adversely impact their members by, among other things, permitting unl=
icensed
users of radio spectrum to interfere with licensed uses of the spectr=
um."

MSTV and NAB are entitled to intervene as a matter of right, so the C=
ourt is
expected to grant the motion. As expected, some BPL proponents are se=
eking
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 broadcasti=
ng
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."