[AMRadio] Subbands and FCC

[Donald Chester]

On page 2 of the 11 Sept 2002 issue of World Radio under "Newswatch", the 
following article appears:

Powell: No More Spectrum

WASHINGTON   FCC Chairman Michael Powell has called for efficient use of 
existing spectrum, not just allocation of more of it. He said demand 
increasingly is far outstripping available bandwidth.

"The real challenge is how to get more use out of spectrum that 80 percent 
of the time lies fallow," he said. Powell believes the answer lies in 
increasing use of existing technologies... and spectrum sharing... (snip)

...He made his remarks before a supectrum policy forum in August. A spectrum 
policy task force will present its recommendations to the commission by the 
end of October. (end of article)

While he probably didn't have ham radio in mind when he made the statement, 
the argument against subbands on the HF amateur bands based on inefficient 
use of existing allocations (crowded phone bands while many kHz of "CW" 
spectrum remains unaccupied) seems consistent with his declaration.

Don K4KYV

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