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MADE A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF AMATEUR RADIO.  THE
DAYTON HAMVENTION AWARDS COMMITTEE MAKES THE FINAL DECISION ON ALL AWARDS,
BASED IN PART UPON THE INFORMATION IT RECEIVES, NOT ON THE NUMBER OF
NOMINATIONS.  DOCUMENTATION THAT INFORMS THE AWARDS COMMITTEE OF A NOMINEES
ACCOMPLISHMENTS MAY INCLUDE MAGAZINE ARTICLES, NEWSLETTERS, NEWSPAPER
CLIPPINGS, AND EVEN VIDEOS THESE MATERIALS BECOME THE PROPERTY OF
HAMVENTION AND WILL NOT BE RETURNED.  AD

OF STATE OCCURS.  THE ARRL CHOSE THE 2R8 KHZ BANDWIDTH, SINCE THE FCC
ALREADY HAS APPLIED IT TO EMISSIONS ON THE CHANNELIZED 60 METER BAND AND
BECAUSE ITS SLIGHTLY WIDER THAN THE DATA MODE BANDWIDTHS CURRENTLY IN USE
BY AMATEURS ON HF.  THE AD HOC COMMITTEE HAD DETERMINED THAT THE CURRENT
SYMBOL RATE RESTRICTIONS IN 97R307F NO LONGER REFLECT THE STATE OF THE ART
OF DIGITAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY, AND THAT THE PROPOSED RULE CHANGE
WOULD ENCOURAGE BOTH FLEXIBILITY AND EFFICIENCY IN THE EMPLOYMENT OF
DIGITAL EMISSIONS BY AMATEUR STATIONS.  ARRL CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER DAVID
SUMNER, K1ZZ, DISCUSSED THE SYMBOL RATE ISSUE IN DETAIL IN THE SEPTEMBER
2013 ISSUE OF QSTS IT SEEMS TO US EDITORIAL WWW. ARRL. ORG/ NEWS/ ARRL CEO
EXPLAINS BOARDS ACTION ON SYMBOL RATE REGULATION.  ON ANOTHER FCC RELATED
MATTER, IMLAY TOLD THE EC THAT THE FCC SHUTDOWN HAD DELAYED THE LEAGUES
REVIEW OF COMMENTS IN ET DOCKET 13 84, THE FCCS REEXAMINATION OF ITS RF
EXPOSURE RULES.  THE ARRL WANTED TO DETERMINE WHETHER ANY OF THE COMMENTS
REQUIRED AN ARRL RESPONSE.  IMLAY FURTHER NOTED THAT THE FCC HAS YET TO
TAKE ACTION IN ET DOCKET 12 338 TO FORMALLY REFLECT THE FINAL ACTS OF THE

ARRL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OKAYS FILING SYMBOL RATE  ARRL GENERAL COUNSEL
RECEIVES AUTHORIZATION, COMMENTS ON OTHER REGULATORY MATTERS.  THE ARRL
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE EC HAS AUTHORIZED ARRL GENERAL COUNSEL CHRIS IMLAY,
W3KD, TO FILE A PETITION FOR RULEMAKING ON THE LEAGUES BEHALF, CALLING FOR
THE DELETION OF SYMBOL RATE REFERENCES FOR DATA EMISSIONS IN THE HF BANDS.
THE EC MET OCTOBER 5 IN AURORA, COLORADO.  THE LEAGUES PETITION, STILL IN
THE FINAL STAGES OF PREPARATION, WOULD SUBSTITUTE AN AUTHORIZED BANDWIDTH
OF 2R8 KHZ FOR ALL DATA EMISSIONS IN THE BANDS BELOW 30 MHZ.  CURRENT FCC
RULES LIMIT DATA EMISSIONS TO A SYMBOL RATE OF 300 BAUD BELOW 28 MHZ AND TO
1200 BAUD ON 10 METERS.  THE CURRENT LIMITS DATE TO 1980, WHEN US AMATEURS
FIRST WERE AUTHORIZED TO USE ASCII, REFLECTING THE STATE OF THE ART BACK
THEN, WHICH, THE LEAGUE POINTS OUT, HAS BEEN OVERTAKEN BY TECHNOLOGY.  AT
ITS JULY MEETING, THE ARRL BOARD OF DIRECTORS, ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE
AD HOC SYMBOL RATE RULE MODERNIZATION COMMITTEE, DIRECTED IMLAY TO DRAFT A
PETITION FOR RULEMAKING WITH THE FCC SEEKING TO MODIFY 97R307F OF THE
AMATEUR SERVICE RULES TO DELETE ALL REFERENCES TO SYMBOL RATE.  THE
PETITION WILL ASK THE FCC TO APPLY TO ALL AMATEUR DATA EMISSIONS BELOW 29R7
MHZ THE EXISTING BANDWIDTH LIMIT, PER 97R303H, OF 2R8 KHZ.  IN DIGITAL
SYSTEMS SYMBOL RATE REFERS TO THE NUMBER OF TIMES PER SECOND THAT A CHANGE
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