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GENERAL, THE FCC SOUGHT COMMENT REGARDING POWER LIMITS, ANTENNA PLACEMENT
AND HEIGHT, AND GEOGRAPHICAL LIMITATIONS FOR OPERATION IN THE PROPOSED
ALLOCATIONS.  THE FCC HAS SAID THAT THE CORNERSTONE OF THE TECHNICAL RULES
ITS PROPOSING FOR BOTH BANDS IS PHYSICAL SEPARATION BETWEEN AMATEUR
STATIONS AND THE TRANSMISSION LINES CARRYING PLC SIGNALS.  THE FCC HAS SAID
THAT IF IT CONCLUDES, AFTER CONSIDERING THE RECORD, THAT AMATEUR RADIO AND
PLC SYSTEMS CANNOT COEXIST ON 135R7 137R8 KHZ, IT WOULD DEFER THE ADOPTION
OF SERVICE RULES, AND AMATEUR USERS WILL HAVE TO CONTINUE TO USE THE
EXPERIMENTAL LICENSING PROCESS TO OPERATE IN THE BAND.  INTERESTED PARTIES
MAY SUBMIT COMMENTS, IDENTIFIED BY ET DOCKET NO 15 99, VIA THE FCC
ELECTRONIC COMMENT FILING SYSTEM ECFS, AT APPS. FCC. GOV/ ECFS/. AMATEUR
BECOMES PRIMARY ON 1900 2000 KHZ AMATEUR RADIO HAS BEEN UPGRADED FROM
SECONDARY TO PRIMARY IN THE 1900 2000 KHZ SEGMENT OF 160 METERS IN THE US
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