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01/03/2013 | Comment Deadline Set in WRC-07 Implementation Proceeding
As previously reported, the FCC has proposed to amend its rules to implement the allocation decisions of the 2007 World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-07) and to make certain other changes. Notice appeared in the December 27, 2012 issue of the Federal
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12/10/2012 | ARRL Files Petition for Rulemaking with FCC to Create New MF Band at 472-479 kHz
The ARRL filed a Petition for Rulemaking on November 29, asking the FCC to amend Sections 2 and 97 of its rules and create a domestic Amateur Radio allocation at 472-479 kHz, conforming to the allocation status and limitations set forth in the internation
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11/21/2012 | FCC Seeks to Assign Entire Amateur Portion of 160 Meter Band to Primary Status to Amateur Radio Service, Proposes New LF Amateur Band at 135.7-137.8 kHz
On Tuesday, November 20, the FCC released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that proposes to amend Part 97 (among others) of the Commission’s rules. These changes include changing the allocation to the amateur portion of the 160 meter band, allocating a new
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11/21/2011 | FCC Releases New Rules for 60 Meters
On November 18, the FCC released a Report and Order (R&O), defining new rules for the 60 meter (5 MHz) band. These rules are in response to a Petition for Rulemaking (PRM) filed by the ARRL more than five years ago and a June 2010 Notice of Proposed Rulem
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07/06/2010 | ARRL’s 500 kHz Experiment Shows Small Growth
In the quarterly report for the ARRL’s 500 kHz Experimental Station for the period ending May 2010 (see link to PDF below), Experiment Coordinator Fritz Raab, W1FR, reported that since the experiment began in late 2006, 20 of the 32 participating stations
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06/15/2010 | FCC Seeks Comments on Amateur 5 MHz (60 Meters) Allocation
In May, the FCC released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) -- ET Docket No 10-98 -- proposing to amend the Part 97 rules governing the Amateur Radio Service. Specifically, the Commission looks to modify the rules pertaining to the use of five channel
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05/08/2010 | FCC Proposes Additions, Changes to Amateur 5 MHz Allocation
Acting on a 2006 Petition for Rulemaking filed by the ARRL, the FCC has issued a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM), ET Docket No 10-98 to modify the rules that govern amateurs’ secondary use of five channels in the 5 MHz frequency range known as 60 me
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01/01/2010 | It Seems to Us: Not an Emergency Radio Service?The FCC raised a few eyebrows by including the following sentence in its Public Notice DA 09-2259 (see page 72, this issue): "While the value of the amateur service to the public as a voluntary noncommercial communications service, particularly with respe
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