JARL Administration Officers Again Affirm PLC Support:

* JARL administration officers again affirmed their PLC support on the Radiowave Regulation Council of Japanese Telecom Ministry

Reported by Kenji Rikitake, JJ1BDX
August 26, 2006
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JARL administration affirmed their PLC support in the opinion document they explained on the Radiowave Regulation Council of Japanese Telecom Ministry, on August 23, 2006.

The Radiowave Regulation Council of MIC (Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication, aka the Telecom Ministry) of Japan held the meeting on August 23, 2006, to gather public opinions in Japan among those are for and against the PLC (Power-Line Communication) using spectrum of 2 to 30MHz.

The meeting is private and the minutes have not yet been publicized by the MIC. The following includes an unofficial meeting brief report of Mr. Toshikazu Kusano, JA1ELY, as of August 24, 2006.

Five participants explained their opinion statements. Mr. Kusano explained his opinion against the PLC, with a set of extracted copies from the petition statements sent by 2000 JARL members who are against the PLC. He also claimed JARL administration's opinion was on the contrary standpoint of many of the members.

The second participant was from Nikkei Radio, a commercial shortwave radio station in Japan, who claimed the position against the PLC with their own documents.

The third participant was from PLC-J (PLC Promoter's Alliance in Japan)_ and the position explained was for the PLC.

The fourth participant was from JARL administration with two delegates of Mr. Kaieda, the full-time Director of JARL, and Mr. Mori, Director of JARL Technology Laboratory. Their position explained was for the PLC.

The Fifth participant was Dr. Katsuhiro Kitagawa from Osaka University, claimed the position against the PLC with an academic report from Kyoto University [1], and other documents which showed the scientific fallacy of IEC CISPR 22, which is the evaluation basis of MIC on the PLC's electromagnetic environmental implication.

[1] Ishihara, M., Umehara, D., and Morihiro Y.: Measurement of radiated emissions on indoor power line communications, Technical Report of IEICE, EMCJ2005-145, pp.43-48, March 2006 (in Japanese).

Note/Errata: in the previous report on August 23, 2006, the author erroneously cited Dr. Kitagawa's position on this issue from an unconfirmed source. Dr. Kitagawa claimed to the author that his position on this issue did not represent his involvement to the PLC issue as an amateur radio licensee, and that he had never claimed an opinion such as reported in the previous report.

The author requests those who received the previous report titled "JARL administration said "YES" to PLC (Power-Line Communication); many JARL members protest against the announcement without the member consensus" to replace the document with this report ASAP. The author is solely responsible for the mistake.

The author regrets the mistake on the previous report, and shows his apologies on the erroneous citation and the inconvenience which might be caused on Dr. Kitagawa and others.

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