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Survey Seeks Input on Novice/Tech Plus HF Spectrum
NEWINGTON, CT, Jun 26, 2001--The ARRL Novice Spectrum Study Committee has begun soliciting input from the amateur community on possible ways to optimize use of the present Novice and Technician Plus HF allocations. Survey results might form the basis for the ARRL to approach the FCC and request changes in the ways amateurs are authorized to use the Novice/Technician Plus subbands.
The Novice Spectrum Study survey is available to ARRL members on the Web. Members will be able to complete and submit the survey only once. Nonmembers are invited to e-mail comments and suggestions to novicesurvey@arrl.org .
The survey is designed to offer members an opportunity to express opinions and preferences on various options for possible future band and mode privilege changes in the current Novice/Tech Plus HF bands. The committee has set a goal of encouraging greater utilization of that spectrum without decreasing the privileges of any licensee.
The committee has been examining the status and usage of the present Novice/Technician Plus HF bands with an eye toward determining what changes to the Novice spectrum usage might be needed now that FCC no longer issues new Novice licenses. Approximately 40,000 Novice licensees remain in the current FCC database, and that number is dropping by some 6000 licensees each year through attrition and upgrading.
ARRL President Jim Haynie, W5JBP, appointed the Novice Spectrum Study Committee as a result action taken during the January meeting of the ARRL Board of Directors. The membership survey is part of the ARRL Board's mandate to the committee. The panel will present an interim report at the July ARRL Board meeting, and a final report at the annual meeting next January.
ARRL International Affairs Vice President Rod Stafford, W6ROD, chairs the study committee. Other members of the committee are Vice President John Kanode, N4MM; Hudson Division Vice Director Steve Mendelsohn, W2ML; Dakota Division Vice Director Twila Greenheck, N0JPH; Midwest Division Vice Director Bruce Frahm, K0BJ; and New England Vice Director Mike Raisbeck, K1TWF.
Page last modified: 01:47 PM, 26 Jun 2001 ET
Page author: awextra@arrl.org
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