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

[W8OKN]

I did catch the "at this time".    We were just granted additional
frequencies, guys.  I see this as rather good news.

I now want to know the timing and I need to look up the mods for the 718.

W8OKN

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <ACI6@aol.com>
To: <icom@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 1:44 AM
Subject: [Icom] All right boys, dust off those mods links. You're gonna need
'em after all.


>
> 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.
>
> End quote.
>
> Regards,
>
> Bill
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