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<H1>Smart Metering by Power Companies </H1>
<P><FONT face=Verdana><STRONG><EM>Smart Metering</EM></STRONG> could become a
serious threat for amateur radio, when wide band is used. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>The EUROCOM Working Group chaired by <STRONG>Gaston
Bertels, ON4WF</STRONG>, produce the EUROCOM Newsletter which can be downloaded
from the web at </FONT><A href="http://www.darc.de/ausland/iaru/eurocom/"
target=_blank><FONT
face=Verdana>http://www.darc.de/ausland/iaru/eurocom/</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>At the EUROCOM WG meeting in Friedrichsfhafen, member
Societies were invited to forward information concerning power companies
planning power line communications for collecting metering data, and possibly
the frequencies under consideration. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana><STRONG>Thilo Kootz, DL9KCE</STRONG> provided input which
has been published in the 07.07.2008 issue of the newsletter. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>The report mentions that IBM are already using frequencies
up to 1.5 MHz and the concern is that over time frequencies will rise.
</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>The PDF of the newsletter containing the report by Thilo
Kootz, DL9KCE can be downloaded from:<BR></FONT><A
href="http://www.darc.de/ausland/iaru/eurocom/News0308.pdf" target=_blank><FONT
face=Verdana>http://www.darc.de/ausland/iaru/eurocom/News0308.pdf</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Verdana>Google Translation of article [1] referenced in the report
</FONT><A href="http://tinyurl.com/55fqsj" target=_blank><FONT
face=Verdana>http://tinyurl.com/55fqsj</FONT></A> </P>
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