Thursday, June 6, 2013

Zappers

The individuals who carry out this type of harassment, for whatever reason against ,whistleblowers, activist, dissident or mentally ill or your just a pain in the ass and won't go away, call themselves Zappers, we call them perps. 

 The individuals who are hired and are part of this perp network ,call themselves ZAPPERS. I repeat to make myself absolutely clear.

I found this out by accident, I was driving , on the road somewhere in the south, and one young man had zapped me, evidently the powers that be wanted to ensure that I went to the bathroom, had a bowel movement. So he zapped me with a frequency that gave me instant diarrhea. I know it sounds strange but in some scenarios it is stranger. So just hear me out. Don't ask me why, they just did, I did not ask why I was to busy going to the bathroom.

As I went to the bathroom in this little store, when I came out this kid who had been tailing me and hit me with these bathroom frequencies was telling the young girl behind the counter what he had done and why. I over heard much as I left, and as I left his car was parked in the front of the store near mine we were the only two there except for the clerk, so I recognized the car and on the back window it said zappers in this bright colored sticker he had on his back window, in the corner curved, and I have noticed many Zappers also have Z in the license plate or the word Zap on their car, or bumper sticker. 

This is what the perps call themselves,,ZAPPERS.  I know this to be true, I have called them this and gotten quite a reaction from some of them. I also put a sign on my van using the metallic paper you can run through your printer and print any message you want on it, so I printed Kill Zappers,  a cop stopped me from Peabody, I was driving out of the Northshore Mall and  I do not remember why he pulled me over,  but he did and when he got back in his car he had taken the metallic sign off my car, he v2k'd me and told me the zappers would kill me for that sign.  So I left it alone,but if you want to test this out yourself,,call a perp a Zapper, see if you get a reaction, or not. I know what they call themselves and no one can dissuade me from this belief, I saw to much , but test it yourself. See what you come up with.  Let me know what you find.

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

In Turkey,,, they are invaded by immigrants from Syria and other countries as well, their resources in that area are thin.

 In the capital  there is a park and it was bought to turn into apartment buildings, a small protest occurred. Others joined and soon it was a flood of protest , a lot of fear was present. The people and country have been secularists for quite a while now. Meaning the Fundamentalist of the Muslim sect do not control the country, no religion does, so all religions live in peace. 
The minister Erdogon is his first name for his last is to complicated for me to remember. Anyway this Erdogon is a fundamentalist but he promised to be secular so he was elected anyway, well this protest is against where the country is going, they do not want to be ruled by fundamentalist, but to stay secular, he kept initiating polices that leaned in a fundamentalist way,,, The people protested and fought him in the streets, he got the message, he started to use water cannons and fight the people. He was losing and he knew it, he did not know how to diffuse the conflict he did not want to fight his people for power, for the power resided in the people. They could tear him and the people anywhere if liked minded can tear any gov't apart. 

He sent his officers into the crowds, giving them flowers, he was asking for forgiveness and he knew it. He did not want to fight his people even though his forces would do it as ordered. This is a much overlooked story and one that amazes me. Finally a thinking male.  A Democracy. ..

Sarin gas in Syria,, that is incredibly serious,,, but the guys who invented it, used it before, did they really think no one else would use it.. DEW, Drones,,, all on the table for the highest bidder,,, these guys are nuts..totally nuts if they think they have a handle on this... Not even close... 

Keep inventing all these fun weapons and see if they aren't in your personal life soon, No one will be exempt, as I stated many many years ago.  I think this is called Blowback.

They are gassing the people in Syria and killing them, I was gassed in this country, that was how I was forced out of my apt. at 50 Warren ST. Peabody , Ma.  gas was pumped into my rooms and you could not breath, Wally our maintenance manager carried it out, it smelled sweet and hugged the floor, it built up and was my height high, you could not breath. Most people would not think something sweet smelling could be harmful, it can.

So I left.  That is how HUD works to evict tenants. To the outside world  it appeared I had a mental breakdown, Incredible.

Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Conservation Law Foundation application


Conservation Law Foundation
62 Summer Street,
Boston MA 02110
 617.350.0990  
e-info@clf.org



Dear Sir;

I saw the program you are initiating. I hope you find this of interest.

In 1999, I felt strongly about the new golf course to be built in Peabody, Ma. I walked the land and came to love it, I met Leslie Cartamanche and we decided to do something about it, we met and discussed what to do in opposing the golf course.  We wrote letters to the paper, We met with the mayor, knowing the golf course was a done deal.  At least I did, Leslie thought otherwise. We protested the building of the golf course hoping former Mayor Peter Torigian (now deceased) would see reason, of course he did not.  Torigian threatened me as we left his office, and within two weeks my apt. was invaded, my car sabotaged,  and within months  was forced from my apt. lost my job, shunned by relatives, maligned as mentally ill, forced into hospital, forced to become homeless and on the run.  After all who is going to believe a mentally ill person?   No one.  It makes a great cover don’t you think?  I loved my apt. and my job,I would of never left either willingly..I had my suspicions and called Leslie naming Torigian.  I was continually harassed.  My Landlord Stuart Cumins (HUD) was one of Torigian’s old boy network buddies he allowed his maintenance and others to enter my apt. to do what they will.
Eastman Gelatine (EG )was also involved,  (subsidy of Kodak,) a local corporation,  they owned a portion of the land that the golf course was to be built on. Scott Burns who worked for Eastman was sent to my job to harass me there. He was in an Eastman, unmarked six pack, Eastman green, pick up truck, during the day, during working hours. This went on for months.  I had him on video, but he got it and erased it. I had no idea who  what or where the harassment would come from next, or even who I was dealing with at the time.  I was on the run,I lost my job.  After Scott Burns entered my work and started to sabotage the clinic, I quit. I loved my boss and could not involve her in what I knew was coming and it was worse than I thought.  Burns made sure I knew he was there. I was a Dental Hygienist, they took care of that too.  Danny McKenna,  a local drug dealer and Wally our HUD maintenance manager was also responsible for driving me out of my apt.   So I lost my apt.

I lost my stocks and savings trying to fight back, fruitless.

Through perseverance I managed to get HUD, (99-10546-pbs,  99-cv-12162mlw) in court ,1 Nov. 99  only because of PBS, ( yes that PBS) Judge Sari of Boston wanted to throw my case against HUD out of court, PBS threatened to sue her and as I found out you cannot sue a sitting judge because of a decision made during court.  I was pro-se,  my savings were gone, I was not working,  broke,  stressed to the max. My daughter supported me till my social security came through.  PBS, knew what was going on, they are investigative reporters and had become friends of mine, today I believe they will deny that friendship. I think I know why, but I’m not sure, you will have to ask them, maybe legal considerations?  If you find out tell me.   

My case was moved to Lawrence , I was recently told the court is corrupt.  In court when  I was speaking, and when I said the word laser, the room became deathly quiet, I faltered in my statement  and the judge jumped in and the court shut me down. Two weeks before court, I was burnt with a laser, I saw it come through the window and it burnt the top of my head, burnt like nothing else, after that for 2 weeks, everywhere I went I saw red lasers pointed at me, were they real or pointers? I don’t know, but I know “once burnt twice shy.”  HUD-EG set me up knowing I would mention laser and the court would shut me down, it was very well done and I was the lamb led to the slaughter.  Scott Burns of Eastman was a big part of the harassment.

A petition is considered a benchmark for a dissident.  An activist  is considered a troublemaker. I took out a petition in my HUD building to plant flowers around my building, this was in 1999. I was warned by a fellow resident not to do this as her finger curled around my petition  clipboard, she said;  “Bad things happen to people who do this.” I thought I had the right to take out a petition, what could happen to me, I am after all  a citizen of the U.S.,  boy was I wrong and I was not the first.  I was forced into hospital because of HUD’s/Torigians affiliation with the program Operation Safe Home. Torigian put my name in this program known as “Operation Safe Home” . Evaluated by a shrink (Walcott, MGH, Boston) who flies around the country evaluating people for violent tendencies. This is all he does, this is his job and it is at taxpayer expense. I wonder if he is worth it. Torigian, and Cumins my  HUD landlord had my name put on OSH’S list as a violent offender. Screws your life up like nothing else. All credibility for life’s decisions is gone.

OPERATION SAFE HOME
Speaking of Walcott, the psychiatrists are profiling for gov’t/industry and everyone is using this information domestically, One company I am aware of is called TAG, Threat Assessment Group,  Park Dietz, is CEO. He’s the one that lied on the stand  to try and convict Amanda Yates to death for killing her five children.  She was severely, severely, physically ill and mentally unstable., but Dietz still lied, he wanted her dead.  He has a stable of psychiatrists sent out to hospitals to evaluate patients incarcerated for violent tendencies or any other charges; Innocent or not. I wonder about the integrity of his company.  I wonder if taxpayer money is involved?  HUD considers dissidents to be gotten rid of. I was thrown out of my apt. because of my petition and Torigian. Susan Gaffney who was in charge of HUD at the time was accused of running HUD as a police state by her superior,, Mario Cuomo.  I have the report.  

The meeting with Torigian came first. He was genesis.  All of  HUD’s  actions came later.  

Today my home is across from Lower Springs Pond, part of our watershed,  a small pond part of our reservoir system.  Only a small cemetery and a small strip of woods now  separates  our drinking water, part of our watershed, from the golf course.  Some of the golf course tees are severely polluted, when the city bought the land from Eastman  one of the stipulations was not to pierce the membrane that covers the polluted part, the city wanted to see what was below. Eastman refused, the city bought the land anyway.  I spoke with the man who buried and laid the membrane.  A piece of plastic sounds better if you use the word membrane, doesn't it? This man  also told me of a cancer cluster, years ago, at the end of one of the streets, access to the golf course.    

A  large hole is cut in the old fence that partially surrounds this pond that is across the street from where I now live. One neighbor has cleared the land down to the bare ground. He wants a view. Jeremiah Rathbone a mechanical engineer, once worked for Eastman Gelatine, above mentioned, a predatory corporation.  He and David Diachisin a city meter reader, whose  livelihood depends on his loyalty,  {who is also indebted to Torigian/Nelson and his family for his job as his father was, a retired Peabody Police officer,  Inept so I heard but loyal.}  Diachisin is a city employee, these two, David  Diachisin and Jerimiah Rathbone were the one’s who cleared the area, it is very noticeable. They cut down huge trees and thick bushes and brush. I personally saw them at work.  Harassment here at my address  began the moment I moved in with this daughter, six years ago from David Diachisin. 

My children and grandchildren hate me for bringing this into their lives. My home now, is with my second daughter and son in law, and they want me gone. I tried to tell them what was going on, but they didn’t want to  listen, they were to scared. My son-in-law, wants me to move, he has taken the side of Rick Nelson and his thugs, he feels that that will “save” his family. (Rick Nelson is Torigian’s son-in-law, more about him later. ) Bud/Kelley don’t realize anyone who has these weapons/devices can control anyone, even them as they are being controlled now.  He’s afraid as well as my daughter, I don’t blame them, they refuse to speak to me about it.  They will have to admit their side in all this.   He also objects to my presence because I have been urging my daughter to go back to school, she so lacks education and is easily swayed, he feels threatened.  As I said they have taken Nelson’s side and have done Nelson’s bidding for him.  They feel if I leave the harassment will stop, I have no where to go. I know other Ti's have had family relationships destroyed because of mind control and manipulation, so I beg of many Ti's do not blame your family, they cannot control their actions, as well as you. So keep loving them and understand what is happening, if you reject your family it only adds to the perps control over them and you. Stay close to your family and do not blame them.
  
Jeremiah’s Rathbone’s house is closest to the lake, we all live on a circle, Chris Yaikus, who lives next door to Jeremiah and  David Diachisin a  city worker  are responsible for clearing the area around the lake   Chris Yaikus is a new neighbor and wants his view also so the clearing of trees and brush continues down the lake.  Chris Yaikus has called the police on me for harassment, he set it  up with the local perps.   He wants me gone, he thinks he owns the neighborhood and has made his aggressive stance known and he wants his view.   I would like to read what that report Yaikus  made out to the police was all about. but I’m afraid to go to the police dept.  to inquire. Afraid they will lock me up.  The opposition has deep roots within the system.

This small pond is part of our greater watershed system and I believe this towns  “shared use of the land policy ” is accepted, it is not written policy to my knowledge, but understood.  I never heard of a debate or public issue on this policy. It just happened.  I walk around this land as much as I can for my own health.   Further down the lake another resident has decided he too wants his view, trees were cut down right on the edge of the pond so they fell into the pond last summer, and on the other side trees have been cut for another fishing spot, a beautiful big pine.  We had a big fire last summer. No big trees are left.  As we know it is accumulative.   Huge boulders have been moved by the city which once blocked the path of vehicles, now to walk in the woods one must step aside of dirt bikes, and 4 wheelers. The land that borders the lake is being grassed where once it was wild plants which kept the area from becoming a mud swamp during the rainy season, Rainwater sweeps down from the streets into the pond during the wet season.  Not inches but feet of water, I wonder how long the grass will last?  I joined Friends of Peabody Lakes, but quit when hayrides were the high point on the agenda, nothing was done we were yessed to death by our local gov’t and completely ignored. The group disbanded and I hear they want to reform.

I want everyone to know the real story, that this man, Torigian was not a saint as his five daughters consider him,, called  Napoleon in the  local  press before he left office, arrogant, I can personally say he made a pass at me during a chance Christmas shopping at the mall.  What a lech. He had been in office for 23 years.  During  his last run for reelection, a campaign was started against him, 3500 people left his square blank, “Don’t Thank Him, Blank Him,”  was the motto, all in reaction to his arrogance,   He died of throat cancer, I thought that was indeed appropriate, his last threatening words to me were, “Don’t bite off more than you can chew”  all this time  I was attacked constantly so I fought back in the only way I know how, I spoke out.  

I always saw Scott Burns of Eastman Gelatine with cops, Scott Burns hung around with the dispatcher,  Burns was the one who drove me from my apt. and job.   Danny McKenna a local hired thug, gassed me from the empty HUD apt. above, as I slept. I thought welding gas?  He worked with Burns.  I managed to get the police to come to my HUD apt.  through  subterfuge, they  saw the hole in the ceiling through which McKenna gassed me as I slept.  As you can see, who should I complain to, the local police?   How could I complain to the police when they were part of it. There is much more to this story as far as police involvement, so please don’t say go to the police.

Rick Nelson, is a Peabody deputy  fire chief, who married former Mayor Torigian’s daughter and owes his job to Torigian, he and other loyal Torigian employees of city hall have taken out a vendetta, that is harassment until the target is dead. That is what a vendetta is,,till your dead.   Nelson lives up the street and makes sure the neighbors only hear what he wants them to know about me, he has classified me as a troublemaker, he has much pull in this town and in this neighborhood, there are at least 20 young men who live on this circle of Nelson’s age,not one has seen military service,I’m a vet.  Many of the neighbors hate me too, many are Torigian supporters.  Nelson, because of my objections to his father-in-law’s policies about our future water supply, and our neighbors “view” feels that I don’t deserve to use the Community Life Center which represents the Peabody Ride, an elder ride to the grocery store for those without cars, If I call and put my name on the list, the night before and sometimes after, I am beat with pulses that can cause Petechia beneath the skin. This Community Life Center is part of Torigian’s legacy, he built this with taxpayer monies, he was a true politician, he won favor with the older crowd, winning their votes as long as he lived, thereby ensuring his reelection,  after  all what is more important to a politician than his name on a wall after he is dead, his legacy, that’s all he is, a name on the wall and who votes? The older person  of course, ensuring his reelection for life.  All part of his legacy, his name is on the building/park/golf course etc.  At the expense of my life. 

Our fire dept. has a camera that has the ability to see through walls, this was bought after 9/11. (Heat sensing?) The cameras that see through clothes at airports, are also built  small and portable, and can be used from a car or an other house.  24/7 monitoring.  no lawyer, no court, no charges, no nothing, your name on a list, on their computers, in the system,  how can you oppose something you cannot prove? And most have no idea what they are up against.  I have tried and tried to find out what is being used as an actual  weapon, and what is written about me on my record but to no avail. I was told some of  the harassment devices are part of the Wii machine, x-box,  HSS, hypersonic silent  sound and vibratory effects, I also thought it might be part of a cell phone, the signal in some is very strong, can a cell phone’s energy be directed?   I know of one time a  compressor was used. Much care is given so that those not in the know, those targeted, do not find out what is being used.  The devices can be created and made out of mundane material and converted into a weapon, acoustics can be made with a generator and pvc pipe.

Acoustics weapons are used and pulsed weapons, these are new age devices HUD uses to evict  unwanted tenants, I have heard other landlords are using them as well. Vibratory devices are used, kind of like the bug extermination device used only more intense and used on people. Some pulses sound like hockey pucks when they hit the house and does damage to the electrical system and anything you own, refrigerator, TV, VCR, furnace, video cameras, electrical outlets,  dehumidifier, they already pulsed and broke one dehumidifier, my daughter will go outside and cover up where our fuse box is located, she realizes what these pulses can do,  these pulses can burn that out also.   Anything electrical can be destroyed in seconds with these pulses and of course you. 

 I’m not allowed very much sleep. I live below my daughter’s household, sub basement apt.  They’ve hit/pulsed my grandchildren and have killed my dog.  Dogs will alert to pulses and high frequency devices.  Dogs are easy targets.  My daughter’s nose was broken by a scenario set up by Diachisin, he admitted it to me, himself, as I passed his house he came out and let me know he set the whole scenario up himself, using V2K, No evidence of his admission, I thought he was only a minder, not the actual handler.  My ankle was broken by Rick Nelson when I first moved  here. Pulsed and thrown down the stairs.  So you see these guys don’t fool around,  These pulses can kill,  maim,  and do much damage.  The men who use these weapons call themselves Zappers  because they use electrical weapons. Services for sale to the highest bidder.

One other item I should mention, 23 March, 03 in the New York Times Magazine is an article, “The Sound of Things To Come”, describes one of these devices , (d/l N.Y.T. archives) it can subliminally control anyone, the original article had a picture of this device aimed at the head of the target. This device, the HSS (hypersonicsound) device is used in D.C. for communication, at the Museum of Science in Boston for exhibits.   Two things to mention, a bubble is a pulse, and these devices can cause and mock any medical malady we have. Physical or mental illness.   I cannot emphasize that enough.  Any medical malady.   The pulse can break bones, the pulse has a force and can throw you down the stairs, The pulse can destroy brain cells, causing an Alzheimer’s condition, it goes through walls and used with a back-scatter radiation camera or other kind of camera, can find you anywhere in a building including your home.  A minder/neighbor  is sometimes assigned. This is all besides the subliminal control aspect, and it does work, remember when visual subliminal suggestions were outlawed within the theaters, why?   Because they worked. These are silent sound pulses aimed at the head and they do indeed work as well if not better than the video . These devices  kill anything electric, our bodies are electric, these devices are long distance; miles; target specific;  silent;  deadly; and they are better than nukes, they leave the infrastructure intact; anything not electric is left.  

One has to live this in order to believe, and believe me this is the scariest thing to come along since the nuke bomb. This is why I refuse to shut up, You will read this and remember and it may someday come you way. Social engineering on the local level by gov’t, do you realize what this can do for control of voting? Eleven  years is a long time, I have PTSD. I’m not allowed to walk anymore, if I do , I’m beat, pulsed severely that night.  After I took a picture of what Yaikus had done to the pond bank, they started that assault.  

My physical condition has become fragile after so many years. I had breast cancer and wonder if pulsing can mock the thickening of the breast. I now have uterine cancer and refuse to have surgery, terrified, after what happened at Mass General because of HUD. I complained of being hit with a taser in my back yard early dark morning,  the dogs were barking, the hospital had never heard of a taser, made fun of me, tied me up, drugged me, and incarcerated me for two weeks. I was terrified, I refused to take any  tests until  Patrick Smallwood, now of McLeans, threatened me with a year incarceration and a lobotomy.  I was interviewed by a shrink name of Walcott, who found me low violent, I am none violent. He was wrong. This shrink works for the gov’t all he does is fly around the country interviewing people for violent tendencies all part of Operation Safe Home at tax payer expense, I asked, he answered.  I now have a tough time seeing docs.  Very fearful.

This comment is directed to Mr. Martin W. Healy, chief legal counsel for the Mass Bar Association, are you aware that in Massachusetts it is illegal , only a misdemeanor, it should be a felony to pulse, beam, or use a frequency on anyone?   We acknowledge the crime, but how many have been convicted with  this law,  pretty hard to prove ? Deniability built in.  I can chase down the statutes if you like?

This program is another gov’t program used against people and countries.  This program was used against me, it works also, Condaleeza Rice mentioned it in one of her speeches.

                                             The Formula of Destruction;
1. Destroy infrastructure;      money, savings, loans,  friends, relatives, anything giving the country or person                       
                                              support,  (Assange’s  money was cut off, through the internet. 
2. Malign reputation;             mentally ill, dissident, activist, terrorist, pervert,rapist,(Assange, today) bjg.
3. Pound away;                     destroy something everyday, debilitating.
4. Isolation;                            remember Arafat ?  as they bulldozed the city around him.  Isolation; easier to 
                                               control and destroy  the target.  
Regards, and Thanks Again, 
Barbara Guillette,  scholar, dissident, deTocqueville.






Sunday, June 2, 2013

Jeffrey Grayson

When I had my meeting with Peter Torigian,, Napoleonic Mayor of Peabody, now unfortunately dead, a man was in the room, he was bodyguard and gofer for Torigian. I think I described him before but will again, He was short, black thick hair slicked back mafia style,, shiny slicked looking. He had on a gray double breasted sharkskin suit again mafia type. Barrel chested but not fat. Good looking, looked Portuguese.  Francisco Sousa is also Portuguese and they play a part in all this, I think Torigian may have been Portuguese. I also saw this mafia type man one other time, he was driving out of the downtown Lowell St. fire station.

At the meeting this mafia man went and got the map and made sure Torigian was not assaulted by these two women. One who was in tears. Torigian was noted for doing that. 

 Later when I was driven out of my apt. and went to N.H. to stay at a relatives camp for the summer as I drove up the road, I was kinda lost, I always got lost at the fork in the road because our  branch was always so overgrown. I drove up to our neighbor's cabin and this mafia man who was at the meeting with Torigian, and another man whom I found out his name later was Jeffrey Grayson was on the deck of my neighbors cabin. 

Now you have to understand you had to break into this summer home in order to get onto the deck. It was high up in the air and jutted out over the mountain, no easy access. I later went over when the owner was home and asked if the cabin had been broken into and she said yes.

Now Jeffrey works at Costco in Danvers, Ma.he had on a name tag and that is how I got his first name and then asked a fellow clerk his last name and they gave it to me. He is also a father of 5, and ran for councilor a few years ago. I recognized him even though he had shaved off his beard and the other mafia guy who was at Torigian's meeting had his hair combed forward like MOE in the three stooges. Before he had it combed back but I still knew who he was.  The Moe comb was funny,,just like Moe.
Scott Burns used to always tip his head so I never got a straight on facial on him, but I would not forget him either.
I told a friend of mine who is deep into Peabody and her politics, I told him this councilor that was running for office broke into that cabin, Jeffrey Grayson,  he did not win that race, I am glad to say. I wonder if he knew what I had done. 

So he is a burglar. He is capable of breaking into someone's home, at the behest of the mayor.. I do not have this other man's name and maybe I will approach Jeffrey and tell him I will take his name off my blog if he gives me the name of this other guy. We shall see.

Friday, May 31, 2013

The FCC and broadband over power line


The FCC finds power line communication
exceeds radiation limit

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is the agency which regulates wireless systems in the United States.  The FCC issues licenses to users of the wireless spectrum, to ensure that one transmitter does not interfere with another.  The agency also investigates complaints of interference.

In the years 2003 to 2004, the FCC Laboratory measured seven Power Line Communication (PLC) systems, and found that it could clearly pick up the emissions from all of them.  This was also the case where the electrical cables were underground, though underground cables clearly radiate less than aerial power lines.

Some of the FCC measurements were in response to complaints from radio amateurs, who were located up to 0.7 miles (1100 meters) from power lines carrying PLC signals.

The seven PLC systems were all of the Broadband over Power Line (BPL) type.

The FCC Laboratory found that one of the BPL systems violated the United States radiation standards, while two other systems reached the limit.  The FCC limits are much higher than those in Europe and Japan.

Keywords:  Power line communication, broadband over power lines, power line network, line source, Federal Communications Commission, power line radiation, interference, PLC, BPL, PLT, FCC

Making the reports public
The technical reports covering the seven PLC/BPL systems were not intended to be made public.  They consist of approximately 150 projection slides all together.

When the FCC took no action against commercial BPL systems interfering with HAM radio operators, it was sued by the American Radio Relay League (ARRL).  The ARRL is the U.S. organization of radio amateurs.

The FCC released the reports during the lawsuit, but blanked out important information.

The United States Court of Appeals ordered the FCC to release the blanked out information (D.C. circuit 2008, 524 F. 3d 227), though it took a year and a Freedom of Information request to get it released.

The court also ordered the FCC to address the complaints by the ARRL, which it did (see later).

The measured systems
The FCC Laboratory measured seven PLC/BPL systems, located in four Eastern states.  The locations are listed in the following table1:


Town

Operator

Frequencies

Lines
Wireless
to house
Allentown, PA
Amperion
2-6 MHz,
20-30 MHz
overhead
yes
Allentown, PA
Main.Net
3-17 MHz
over & under

Potomac, MD
Current Technologies
30-50 MHz
overhead

Briarcliff Manor, NY
Not specified
19-23 MHz
over & under

Holland Meadows, NC
Amperion/Progress Energy
17-21 MHz
overhead
yes
Whitehurst, NC
Amperion/Progress Energy
23.2 MHz
underground

Woodchase,  NC
Amperion/Progress Energy
21-25 MHz
over & under


Two of the systems were a hybrid of PLC and wireless.  The signals were carried to the area from a central location, using BPL on the power lines along each street.  The short distance into each house was handled by wireless Wi-Fi.  Equipment to convert between the wireline PLC/BPL signals and wireless was mounted on utility poles or on ground-mounted transformers.

Some systems carried the BPL signals on overhead power lines, some on underground lines.  Some did both.

The report stated that Amperion used an OFDM frequency division protocol with narrow bands for some of their sites.  The frequency bands were specified for some systems, while some had to be estimated based on the charts, as shown in the above tables.

The Whitehurst system used a single carrier frequency of 23.2 MHz.

Results
The FCC Laboratory reports consist of a series of individual presentations on slides.  The most important slides are referenced in the following.

The measurements of the three Allentown and Potomac systems were done so the FCC Laboratory could become familiar with the new technologies and experiment with different methods for doing the measurements.

The four systems in New York and North Carolina were measured in response to complaints from radio amateurs, whose radio systems were interfered with.  In North Carolina, the radio amateurs were located from 0.4 to 0.7 miles (600 to 1100 meters) from the power lines carrying the BPL signals.a

It was apparently a surprise to the FCC engineers that the power lines themselves act as significant antennas for the BPL signals.  They seem to have expected that the main source of radiation would be the equipment (coupler), but they found that even 230 meters (700 ft) down the line from a coupler, the radiation was still significant:

NOT A POINT SOURCE.  Emissions exhibit no noticeable decay 230 m down line from couplerb

Also:

Strong fields follow power line for 0.5 mile.  Not a point source.c

That it is not a point source is important, since the radiation levels diminish rapidly with distance from point sources, and much slower from line sources.  This means that the BPL radiation reaches further from a line than if it was coming from a box or small antenna.  It also means that any section of the power line can radiate.  See also slides.d,e

The Allentown Main.Net system was found to exceed the FCC emissions limits.f,g

The PLC systems in Potomac, MD, and Holland Meadows, NC were both found to reach the FCC radiation limit.h,i

Measurements were done on the ground below overhead power lines.  It was found that there was little difference whether the measurements were done directly below the line or 10 meters (30 ft) to the side.b

It was speculated that the ground wires on the electrical poles were a source of radiation.j,k

Measurements were also done on underground lines.  It is clear that underground lines radiate as well, but much less than overhead lines. How much underground lines reduce the radiation is not possible to say from the presented data.m,n

In the Whitehurst, NC test, the radiation from the underground wires could be picked up by an AM-type radio.o

On the Main.Net system, it was found that a signal was transmitted 85% of the time (duty cycle), with a 20 Hz pulse rate.p  The Potomac system was found to have duty cycles of 69% and 77%.q

Video demonstrations
The FCC Laboratory engineers recorded a series of videos demonstrating how the radiation from the PLC/BPL signals interferes with shortwave radio reception.2

The videos record the sound of a shortwave receiver in various places, where the PLC/BPL signals can be easily heard as wireless static.

A particularly poignant video is the Briarcliff Video #52, which is about seven minutes long.  It shows the FCC staff driving through the town of Briarcliff Manor with a shortwave receiver.  The static increases dramatically as the car reaches the area served by PLC/BPL, with reception being totally drowned out in some areas.  As the car again leaves the area, the static disappears.  The video also demonstrates that the radiation is throughout the length of the powerline, not just where the transmitters are located.  The location of the transmitters are noted in the video.

Interference with wireless users
The FCC laboratory provided a list of wireless users which may see their communication affected by BPL in the 2 MHz to 54 MHz band. They include:r,s

      public safety
      federal communications (customs, etc.)
      radio amateurs
      shortwave radio
      other mobile wireless

Limiting emissions
The FCC Laboratory report provided some suggestions to limit interference with wireless users, including:t

      Ban BPL on overhead power lines
      Restrict the emissions level
      Allocate abandoned VHF television channels for the use of BPL (54-72 MHz)
      Block out (notch) certain frequencies

Later comments by the FCC
The FCC issued an official report in 2011, regarding PLC/BPL systems (called Access BPL by the FCC).  The report was in response to the ARRL lawsuit, to clarify the agency’s rationale and respond to the complaints, as ordered by the court.3

The FCC stated that its overall intent is to promote the use of BPL, and thus place as few restrictions on it as possible:

. . . the benefits of Access BPL for bringing broadband services to the public are sufficiently important and significant so as to outweigh the limited increase in potential for harmful interference that may arise. (paragraph 14)

The FCC also distanced itself from the FCC Laboratory findings in various ways, such as:

the assessments and recommendations in the redacted portions of the presentations merely reflect the views of the Laboratory engineers who performed the testing and analysis. (paragraph 19)

The FCC disagrees with the ARRL’s assertion that BPL “would cause power lines to act as miles of transmission lines all radiating RF energy along their full length” (paragraph 22).

The FCC does accept that sometimes their emission standards do not always protect users of radio, navigation systems and radio astronomy against interference, but says it is up to those affected to complain to the FCC, which then may provide assistance for specific cases. (paragraphs 23, 38, etc.)

The ARRL radio amateurs had requested the FCC reduce the radiation at certain frequencies by 35 decibels (5000 times), called “notching”.  The FCC originally (in 2004) only required a reduction of 20 decibels (100 times).  With this new ruling, the agency increased the reduction to 25 decibels (316 times) (paragraphs 2, 25, 29, 42, 45).

The FCC also requires operators of BPL systems to register in a publicly accessible database, so people with interference problems can find them that way (paragraph 101).

Discussion
It is clear that PLC/BPL systems can add to the electrosmog of an area, which is a growing health concern.

The FCC was here concerned only with the interference with wireless users, and not at all with any health issues.

The results demonstrate that residential power lines can radiate the frequencies of PLC signals into nearby households, even if they do not use any PLC service (i.e. smart meters, internet service, etc.).

The documentation that PLC systems turn a power line into a line source “antenna” (not a point source) is important, as that means greater distances are needed to reduce the radiation levels.  This may explain why the radio amateurs in North Carolina complained about interference, even though they were 0.4 to 0.7 miles (600 to 1100 meters) away from the lines carrying the PLC signals.

That the power line is a line source also means that the line itself radiates.  Radiation emissions are not just from the equipment injecting the signal into the power line.  Given the political stance of the FCC, it is not surprising that the FCC officially does not accept this.

It is unfortunate that the FCC did not measure emissions from household wiring, as a result of PLC signals travelling into the home on the power feed.

It is disturbing that three of the seven systems had measured emissions at or above the FCC radiation limits, especially since the FCC limits are much higher than those in Europe and Japan.  An industry article on the subject characterizes the situation in the United States as:

FCC . . . can be regarded as highly generous for high speed PLC and in no way obstructing the spreading of PLC technology.4

The NATO military alliance has also produced a comparison of the various national regulations of PLC systems, which clearly shows the FCC limits to be particularly high.5

The FCC Laboratory report briefly mentions that the grounding wire on electrical poles appears to be a source of radiation.  In most areas of North America, this grounding wire is connected to the neutral wire on the pole, and is a source of ground currents/stray voltage.  The frequencies of a PLC system can then also be carried by the ground currents, which may be a problem for people sensitive to them.

Underground wires appear to help on health issues with PLC systems, but will not eliminate the radiation and is no help on the ground current issue.

The measured duty cycles of 69 to 85% essentially means that the PLC systems operate continuously, with no respite for sensitive people.

The measured PLC systems all transmit in the 2-50 MHz band, which is the frequency range that has been investigated the most due to interference with wireless communication and shortwave broadcasting.

The antenna effect has also been documented by other national agencies, for a variety of frequencies.6

November 2012 (updated April 2013)

References
1.     Federal Communications Commission, ET Docket 04-39, April 29, 2009.

2.    FCC Laboratory videos, http://transition.fcc.gov/oet/info/bpl/#description

3.    Federal Communications Commission Second Report And Order, FCC-11-160, ET Docket 04-37 and 03-104, October 24, 2001.
http://www.fcc.gov/document/access-broadband-over-power-line-systems

4.    Physical and Regulatory Constraints for Communication over the Power Supply Grid, Martin Gebhart et al., University of Karlsruhe, IEEE Communications Magazine, May 2003.

5.    Potential Effects of Broadband Wire-Line Telecommunications on the HF Spectrum, Arlo Chubukjian et al., IEEE Communications, November 2008 (also available as NATO unclassified document RTO-MP-IT-083).

6.    Power Line Communication, www.eiwellspring.org/plc.html


Referenced slides in FCC Laboratory report:1

a.     Raleigh, “Fixed Amateurs”, slide 31, 12/22/04

b.    Allentown/Amperion, “Under-Line Field Strength vs. Distance Down Line”, slide 17, 12/22/04

c.     BPL summary Briarcliff, “New Information Arguing for Caution on HF BPL”, slide 17, 9/8/04

d.    Allentown, “Major Conclusions”, slide 3, 6/20/03

e.     Main.Net, “Conclusions Regarding Access BPL”, slide 50, 6/20/03

f.     Main.Net Overhead/Allentown, “Quasi Peak”, slide 21, 12/22/04

g.    “Conclusions Regarding Main.Net”, slide 48, 6/20/03

h.    Current Technologies, “Conclusions”, slide 35, 4/22/03

i.      Raleigh, “Compliance Tests on 19.2 MHz…”, slides 13-14, 12/22/04

j.      Main.Net, “Conclusions Regarding Testing”, slide 31, 12/22/04

k.    Main.Net, “Summary of Relative Average Levels”, slide 40, 6/30/03

m.    Amperion Ground-Based System, “Quasi Peak away Buried Power Cable”, slide 27, 12/22/04

n.    Main.Net Ground Based System, “Effect of buried Power Cable”, slides 25-27, 12/22/04    

o.    Raleigh, “BPL on Underground Wiring”, slide 17, 12/22/04

p.    Amperion Ground-Based System/Allentown, “Temporal Measurements”, slide 14, 12/22/04

q.    Current Technologies, “Temporal Measurements”, slides 21-22, 12/22/04

r.     Briarcliff Manor, “BPL Spectrum Tradeoffs and Proposal”, slide 21, 9/8/04

s.     Briarcliff Manor, “Part 90 Land Mobile Licensees”, slide 14, 9/8/04

t.     Briarcliff Manor, “HF Issues and Options”, slides 19-21, 12/22/04