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RADIO LAW: DARC TO OPPOSE NEWLY PROPOSED EUROPEAN PLT
STANDARD
Germany's national amateur radio society, the Deutscher
Amateur Radio Club, or DARC will be asking the Deutsche
Commission for Electrical, Electronic & Information
Technologies to oppose a new pan-European draft Power Line
Transmission standard. PLT is what Europe call Broadband
over Powerline or BPL.
During its October 22nd meeting, the DARC Board discussed
the pros and cons of the proposed draft standard. While it
said that it recognizes the new draft provided for some non-
binding commitments for notching out of certain frequencies
in the amateur bands, it also noted that it fears the future
ambitions of the manufacturers of other PLC products in the
direction of higher limits for the emission of harmful
electromagnetic or EMC interference. This could lead to a
weakening of the previous limits in other European EMC
standards.
To be clear, this new standard concerns the devices that
people install in their homes to run data over their house
wiring. It has nothing to do with PLC or BPL that is
carried over the over company power networks. (Southgate,
DJ0QN)
BT
RADIO LAW: SARL TAKES UP ZONING REGULATIONS WITH THE CITY
OF CAPE TOWN
Its not just hams in the United States that are having
problems erecting towers and keeping them up. And a case in
South Africa points graphically this out. Amateur Radio
Newsline's Norm Seeley, KI7UP, is here with the details:
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Recently South African Radio League President, Rassie
Erasmus, ZS1YT and Legal advisor. Johan Marais, ZS1JM, met
with a delegation of the Cape Town Metro Council. This, to
intervene in a notice received by a society member stating
that he requires approval in terms of the Environmental Act
& City of Cape Town Zoning regulations for his antenna which
is less than 15 meters in height.
It was quickly learned that the council had received a
complaint from a neighbor, which was most probably RF
related. Rather than investigate the matter the Council
simply elected to notify the ham that his antenna has not
been approved and that it intend taking steps to either have
him remove the tower or to apply for the necessary permits.
But the South African Radio League delegation was right on
top of this one. It pointed out that amateur radio antennas
fewer than 15 meters of are exempt under the provisions of
the National Environmental Management Act of 1998.
Based on this it was agreed that the process will be
suspended pending the Council consulting with its legal
advisors. The South African Radio League will then be
afforded further opportunities to discuss the issues once
feedback has been received from the Council's legal
department.
For the Amateur Radio Newsline. I'm Norm Seeley, KI7UP, in
Scottsdale, Arizona.
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The South African Radio League will be keeping the qorld of
amateur radio up0dated on this one. (SARL)
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