[K3PZN-List] Notification of Communications Emergency

[Al Bisasky]

>From the ARRL website

WASHINGTON, DC, Sep 24, 2002--At the request of ARRL Mississippi Section
Manager Malcolm Keown, W5XX, the FCC has declared that a general
communications emergency exists for Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama
and Florida. After striking the western tip of Cuba and the Yucatan
Peninsula of Mexico, Isidore--at present a tropical storm--is headed for the
US Gulf Coast. Forecasters believe that Isidore could regain hurricane
strength over the Gulf of Mexico and reach landfall Thursday morning (see
"Hurricane Watch Net, W4EHW, Stand Down, Maintain Vigilance" for further
details).

Invoking the authority of �97.401 of the FCC's rules and regulations,
Technical and Public Safety Division Chief Joseph P. Casey of the
Enforcement Bureau issued a declaration that requires amateurs to refrain
from using 3873 kHz during hours of darkness and 7285 kHz during hours of
daylight effective immediately and until rescinded. The FCC said the
communications emergency could last as long as 14 days. Both frequencies are
to be protected plus or minus 3 kHz unless amateurs are taking part in the
handling of emergency traffic.

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