[Icom] All right boys, dust off those mods links. You're gonna need 'em after all.

[icom@mailman.qth.net]

Group:

Pay particular attention to the second paragraph quoted below from the ARRL 
(quoting only parts of the message in no particular order):

The FCC has declined to grant amateurs a sliver-band allocation at
136 kHz ''at this time.'' Also, in a compromise with government
users, the Commission decided to give amateurs five discrete
2.8-kHz-wide channels in the vicinity of 5 MHz instead of the
150-kHz band ARRL had requested. In its Notice of Proposed Rule
Making a year ago, the FCC appeared inclined to go along with both
ARRL requests.

The granting of just five spot frequencies--5332, 5348, 5368, 5373,
and 5405 kHz--at 60 meters was less of a surprise given opposition
expressed last fall by the National Telecommunications and
Information Administration (NTIA). The NTIA had cited a possible
need for the requested band by federal government users and proposed
the five specific frequencies for amateur use on a secondary basis.
The FCC has granted operation on USB (2K8J3E emission) only, with a
maximum effective radiated power limit of 50 W relative to a 0 dB
gain antenna--a half-wave dipole. The channels--each with a maximum
permissible bandwidth of 2.8 kHz--will be available to General and
higher class licensees.

The FCC did agree in a Report and Order released May 14 to elevate
the Amateur Service, but not the Amateur-Satellite Service, to
primary status at 2400 to 2402 MHz. The changes to Part 97 go into
effect 30 days after publication in The Federal Register, which has
not yet happened.

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Regards,

Bill