[BCVHFA] Fwd: ARLB022 ARRL Expresses Concerns About Ham Radio Impact of 70-cm Changes

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>ARLB022 ARRL Expresses Concerns About Ham Radio Impact of 70-cm Changes
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>ARRL Bulletin 22  ARLB022
> From ARRL Headquarters
>Newington CT  February 24, 2003
>To all radio amateurs
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>ARLB022 ARRL Expresses Concerns About Ham Radio Impact of 70-cm Changes
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>The ARRL said two FCC-proposed actions could negatively affect
>Amateur Radio in comments filed in ET Docket 02-305. One would
>substantially expand the geographical area of power limitations on
>70 cm. The other would deploy National Weather Service wind-profiler
>radars in the 448-450 MHz segment.
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>In a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) late last fall, the FCC
>proposed on behalf of the National Telecommunications and
>Information Administration (NTIA) to vastly increase the size of the
>geographical area in New Mexico and western Texas where amateurs in
>the 70 cm band would be limited to 50 W PEP to protect military
>radiolocation service operations.
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>The proposed region has 67 affected repeaters. ARRL said the
>proposed area is ''in most respects far beyond line-of-sight paths to
>any military facilities.''
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>The ARRL asked the FCC and NTIA to cooperatively evaluate the
>restriction, which could also affect weak-signal operations, to
>determine whether it is overly broad.
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>Concerning the wind profilers, the League said it had understood
>that the National Weather Service, which operates the radars, would
>notify ARRL of their locations as selected. ''Ideally,'' the League
>said, ''since the amateur repeaters are incumbent in the band now,
>the National Weather Service should select sites that minimize the
>effect on those repeaters.''
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>The complete text of the ARRL's comments is available on the FCC Web
>site.
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