[CW] Two New Amateur Bands

[D.J.J. Ring, Jr.]

John Dilks sends in info on two new amateur bands just approved.

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73, John Dilks, K2TQN
Having fun smelling hot rosin and solder again.


> Date: March 30, 2017 at 6:52 PM
> Subject: FCC Approves Two New Amateur Bands
>
> VIA EPA Section- WB3W
> The FCC has just published Order 17-33A1 that adopts rules to implement
> certain radio frequency allocation decisions from the World
> Radiocommunication Conference (Geneva, 2012) (WRC-12) and conforms the
> United States  rules to the WRC-12 Final Acts.
>
> The FCC order addresses five band changes including one that has added
> two new bands to our Amateur Radio Service.
>
> The one provision that pertains to the Amateur Service is to:
>
> Allocate the 472-479 kHz band to the amateur service on a secondary
> basis and amend
> Part 97 to provide for amateur service use of this band and of the
> 135.7-137.8 kHz band.
>
> There are some restrictions that apply. To read the entire FCC 10-33
> order in pdf format and see the details of the new band allocations
> just click this link:
> http://epa-arrl.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/FCC-17-33A1.pdf
>
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