[BCVHFA] Fwd: ARLB063 FCC opts for status quo at 2300 to 2305 MHz

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>Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 16:01:53 -0400
>From: ARRL Web site <memberlist@www.arrl.org>
>Subject: ARLB063 FCC opts for status quo at 2300 to 2305 MHz
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>SB QST @ ARL $ARLB063
>ARLB063 FCC opts for status quo at 2300 to 2305 MHz
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>ZCZC AG63
>QST de W1AW
>ARRL Bulletin 63  ARLB063
> From ARRL Headquarters
>Newington CT  October 15, 2002
>To all radio amateurs
>
>SB QST ARL ARLB063
>ARLB063 FCC opts for status quo at 2300 to 2305 MHz
>
>The FCC has dismissed an ARRL petition that sought primary status
>for amateurs at 2300-2305 MHz. At the same time, the Commission
>turned down petitions from AeroAstro and MicroTrax--commercial
>interests that had hoped to share the spectrum with Amateur Radio.
>The action, taken October 9, maintains the status quo on the band.
>
>"That the commercial petitions were dismissed is, of course, good
>news," said ARRL Chief Executive Officer David Sumner, K1ZZ. "We had
>argued for that outcome."
>
>Sumner called the outcome of the League's petition, RM-10165,
>"mildly disappointing" because, as he explained, a status upgrade
>"would provide some measure of protection against future commercial
>proposals." Sumner pointed out that the FCC did not altogether rule
>out a future status upgrade, but he cautioned that the band "is
>still vulnerable."
>
>In turning down the ARRL's petition, the FCC said that since it was
>also dismissing the MicroTrax and AeroAstro petitions for access to
>2300-2305 MHz, "amateur operators' weak-signal communications in the
>2300-2305 MHz band will be protected if the amateur allocation
>remains secondary." The FCC said the band "will remain in the
>Commission's reserve, and the status quo in the band will be
>maintained until the Commission reevaluates the spectrum status for
>the Amateur Service that may be appropriate."
>
>The FCC turned down the MicroTrax and AeroAstro applications in part
>because appropriate spectrum already was available elsewhere and
>neither company had demonstrated a need for an additional
>allocation. MicroTrax had proposed to establish a Personal Location
>and Monitoring Service (PLMS) at 2300-2305 MHz under FCC Part 27
>rules.
>
>The AeroAstro petition went further, proposing to share the band on
>a co-primary basis with the Amateur Service subject to technical and
>service rules. AeroAstro wanted to establish its Satellite Enabled
>Notification System (SENS) messaging service under the FCC's
>Miscellaneous Wireless Communication Service rules. The FCC also
>expressed concerns that NASA's Deep Space Network would not be
>protected by the modified out-of-band limits AeroAstro had proposed.
>
>Internationally, the 2300-2305 MHz band is allocated to Fixed and
>Mobile services on a primary basis and to the Amateur Service on a
>secondary basis in all three International Telecommunication Union
>regions. The Radiolocation Service has a secondary allocation in the
>band in Region 1, and a primary allocation in Regions 2 and 3.
>
>A copy of the Order is available on the FCC Web site
>http://www.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2002/db1010/DA-02-2587A1.
>doc.
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>/EX