[InHam] Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), ET Docket 09-36

[Bob Poortinga]

Chris Read <wd9bgq at gmail.com> wrote:

> On March 20, the FCC released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), ET
> Docket 09-36, which proposes a medical micro-power network service (MMNS)
> using four 6-MHz wide channels in the 413-457 MHz range.

Below taken from ARRL Newsletter
<http://www.arrl.org/arrlletter/09/0327/>.  If the ARRL doesn't have a
problem with it, neither do I.  Please take a little time to research
an issue before you start raising an alarm.

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==> FCC PROPOSES NEW RULES FOR MEDICAL DEVICES OPERATING ON 70 CM BAND

On March 20, the FCC issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)
<http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-09-20A1.pdf>,
proposing to allocate spectrum and adopt service and technical rules for
the utilization of new implanted medical devices that operate on 413-457
MHz (70 cm).

Last month, ARRL General Counsel Chris Imlay, W3KD, and Technical
Relations Manager Brennan Price, N4QX, met with officials of the Alfred
Mann Foundation, developers of the implanted neuromuscular
microstimulators, to discuss ARRL concerns with the NPRM. Imlay and
Price both came away satisfied that the project should have little, if
any, impact on Amateur Radio operators. "There are redundant layers of
interference rejection mechanisms built into the product that should
protect its users from being impacted by strong Amateur Radio signals,"
Price said. "The very low power output of these devices should have no
impact on the Amateur Radio Service. The ARRL Executive Committee will
monitor this filing and take action as appropriate."
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73 de
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Bob Poortinga  K9SQL
Bloomington, IN  US