Like many others I donated what I consider to be a reasonable amount of money to the spectrum defence fund. I did that freely as I see the use of power line communication devices as a real threat to the HF spectrum.
At first it looked as if the RSGB were making waves (excuse the pun!) but all seems to have gone quiet. With news that Ofcom have passed responsibility for investigating broadcast interference to the BBC who is now responsible for rooting out QRM to short wave users? My guess is that Ofcom ‘passed the buck’willingly as it gets them off the hook. Not sure what powers the BBC will have to help us and even if they are interested in amateur radio PLT problems.
So where does that leave the spectrum defence fund? What is the RSGB planning to do next? I realise they cannot make public all their plans in case it compromises legal action but I think they owe the many people who have contributed some sort of explanation of the current position.