[LeArc] ARLB056 FCC Declares Communications Emergency for Gulf Coast

[Tony Coniglio]

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Subject: ARLB056 FCC Declares Communications Emergency for Gulf Coast


> SB QST @ ARL $ARLB056
> ARLB056 FCC Declares Communications Emergency for Gulf Coast
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> ZCZC AG56
> QST de W1AW  
> ARRL Bulletin 56  ARLB056
> >From ARRL Headquarters  
> Newington CT  September 24, 2002
> To all radio amateurs 
> 
> SB QST ARL ARLB056
> ARLB056 FCC Declares Communications Emergency for Gulf Coast
> 
> 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.
> Forecasters believe that tropical storm Isidore could regain
> hurricane strength over the Gulf of Mexico and reach landfall
> September 26.
> 
> Technical and Public Safety Division Chief Joseph P. Casey of the
> FCC 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 during hours of daylight effective immediately and until rescinded.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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