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MOBILITY DIVISION IN THE WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUREAU, TOLD GORMLY IN
THE FCCS DISMISSAL LETTER.  YOUR PETITIONS DO NOT DEMONSTRATE OR EVEN
SUGGEST THAT ANY RELEVANT CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE CHANGED SUCH AS TO MERIT
RECONSIDERATION OF THESE DECISIONS.  REGARDING GORMLYS SECOND PETITION, THE
COMMISSION NOTED THAT IT HAD SOUGHT COMMENT IN 2004 AS TO WHETHER IT SHOULD
EXPAND THE BANDS AUTHORIZED FOR SPREAD SPECTRUM TO PERMIT SUCH EMISSIONS ON
THE 50 MHZ, 144 MHZ, AND 222 MHZ BANDS. 

LF ALLOCATION AT 135R7 137R8 KHZ 2200 METERS, AND AN MF ALLOCATION AT 472
479 KHZ 630 METERS.  AMATEUR RADIO WOULD BE SECONDARY ON BOTH BANDS.
COMMENTS WERE DUE BY AUGUST 31.  REPLY COMMENTS IE, COMMENTS ON COMMENTS
FILED ARE DUE BY SEPTEMBER 30.  THE FCC ALLOCATED 135R7 TO 137R8 KHZ TO THE
AMATEUR SERVICE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FINAL ACTS OF THE 2007 WORLD
RADIOCOMMUNICATION CONFERENCE WRC 07.  THE PROPOSED NEW ALLOCATION AT 472
TO 479 KHZ WOULD IMPLEMENT DECISIONS MADE AT WRC 12.  THE COMMISSION IS
PROPOSING SERVICE RULES FOR THE AMATEUR SERVICE IN THE 135R7 137R8 KHZ AND
472 479 KHZ BANDS WITH THE PRINCIPAL GOAL OF ENABLING SHARING OF THIS
SPECTRUM AMONG LICENSED AMATEUR STATIONS AND UNLICENSED PLC SYSTEMS, THE
FCC SAID ON APRIL 27 IN A 257 PAGE REPORT AND ORDER, ORDER, AND NOTICE OF
PROPOSED RULEMAKING.  AMATEUR RADIO STATIONS ARE NOT PERMITTED IN EITHER
BAND UNTIL HE FCC ADOPTS, ON THE BASIS OF COMMENTS, SPECIFIC TECHNICAL AND
OPERATIONAL PART 97 RULES.  POWER LINE CARRIER PLC SYSTEMS OPERATED BY
UTILITIES TO CONTROL THE POWER GRID ALREADY OPERATE UNDER PART 15 OF THE
FCC RULES IN BOTH FREQUENCY RANGES, PARTICULARLY THE LOWER OF THE TWO.  IN

NEW SECTION MANAGERS APPOINTED IN WEST VIRGINIA AND NEW MEXICO  PHILLIP
GROVES, N8SFO, HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS ARRL WEST VIRGINIA SECTION MANAGER.
GROVES, OF BECKLEY, SUCCEEDS THE LATE CHARLES HARDY, WV8CH, OF
FAYETTEVILLE, WHO DIED ON JUNE 14.  GROVES, 56, HAS BEEN A RADIO AMATEUR
SINCE 1991 AND IS ACTIVE WITHIN THE ARRL NATIONAL TRAFFIC SYSTEM NTS AS NET
CONTROL STATION FOR THE WEST VIRGINIA MID DAY NET AND THE NTS EIGHTH REGION
NET, AND, AS NEEDED, ASSISTS WITH THE EASTERN AREA NET.  HE IS A MEMBER OF
THE PLATEAU AMATEUR RADIO ASSOCIATION AND THE 8 RIVERS AMATEUR RADIO CLUB.
HE WILL SERVE THE REMAINDER OF THE CURRENT TERM, WHICH EXTENDS TO SEPTEMBER
30, 2017.  ED JAMES, KA8JMW, WAS APPOINTED IN JUNE AS ARRL NEW MEXICO SM.
JAMES, OF ALBUQUERQUE, SUCCEEDS BILL KAUFFMAN, W5YEJ, WHO RESIGNED AFTER
SERVING SINCE 2012.  JAMES WILL COMPLETE THE REMAINDER OF THE CURRENT TERM,
WHICH CONTINUES THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR.  A HAM FOR 35 YEARS, JAMES HAS
SERVED AS AN ASSISTANT SECTION MANAGER OF NEW MEXICO SINCE 2012, AND
CURRENTLY SERVES AS AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN DIVISION.
HE RETIRED FROM SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES FOLLOWING A 30 YEAR ELECTRICAL
ENGINEERING CAREER.  FCC NEWS FCC INVITES COMMENTS ON PROPOSED RULES FOR
NEW LF AND MF AMATEUR ALLOCATIONS THE FCC HAS INVITED COMMENTS ON ITS
RECENT PROPOSALS TO AUTHORIZE AMATEUR RADIO OPERATION ON TWO NEW BANDS AN
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