[Alexandria Radio Club Reflector] new proposed rules could affect ham radio

[Sandra Cruz-Pol]

hi all
I learned about this
1. petition from private companies
<https://www.radioworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/5b410673-0cbd-467b-8ea9-06d7808c7924.pdf>,
so called"shortwave modernization commission' -they would make a lot of $$$$
2. and after such request, the FCC publishes a Rule Making (RM-11953)
<https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/search/docket-detail/RM-11953> which is a public
notice, on Jun 29, 2023 (usually they give the public 60 days to respond)
3. and here's  ARRL response:
<https://www.arrl.org/files/file/FCC%20Documents/ARRL%20Opposition%20FCC%20RM-11953%2008_2023.pdf>Aug
2.

*"ARRL commissioned a technical analysis to determine if the rules proposed
by SMC would affect operations on the bands allocated to the Amateur Radio
Service that are inter-mixed with the Part 90 bands in the subject
spectrum....ARRL’s analysis concludes that Part 90 operations as they would
be permitted under the proposed rules would not just threaten to cause
harmful interference to Amateur communications, but would cause widespread
disruption to Amateur and other communications services on multiple
spectrum bands. The proposed rules are seriously flawed, and would
adversely impact other services as well as the Amateur Radio Service. If
the Part 90 HF spectrum is to be used for a service of the type proposed,
the rules must reflect the realities and peculiarities of HF propagation
and be limited to power levels and bandwidths that, with appropriate
requirements for suppression of out-of-band emission (OOBE) and spurious
emissions, will reasonably protect neighboring and adjacent services from
harmful interference.*

Let's hope the FCC listens.
73

Sandra
KQ4BDG
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