‰ NOW 20 WPM ‰ TEXT IS FROM SEPTEMBER 2015 QST PAGE 77‰ AS OF AUGUST 6. THE RADIOLOCATION SERVICE RLS HAS BEEN PRIMARY IN THE BAND SEGMENT. THE FCC ACTION WITH RESPECT TO 1900 2000 KHZ REDUCES THE POSSIBILITY THAT WE MIGHT SUFFER IN THE FUTURE FROM NEW RADIOLOCATION SERVICE DEPLOYMENTS, SAID ARRL CEO DAVID SUMNER, K1ZZ. ON THE OTHER HAND, WE WILL HAVE TO PUT UP WITH RADIO BUOYS THAT HAVE BEEN OPERATING ILLEGALLY IN THE BAND BUT THAT NOW HAVE BEEN REGULARIZED BY THE COMMISSION. THE FCC SAID THAT WHILE IT HAD BELIEVED THERE WAS NO NON FEDERAL RLS USE OF THE 1900 2000 KHZ BAND, THE RECORD INDICATED THERE ARE MARITIME USERS, INCLUDING THE US HIGH SEAS MIGRATORY SPECIES FISHING FLEETS, MAKING USE OF RADIO BUOYS IN THE ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC OCEANS AS WELL AS WITHIN 200 NAUTICAL MILES OF THE COAST. IT DID NOT IDENTIFY THESE USERS IN THE WRC 07 ‰ END OF 20 WPM TEXT ‰ QST DE W1AW ƒ