[Lowfer] Got my approval from the UTC today

[Bill Cromwell]

Hi Doug,

It's nice that they told you are not too close to one the affected PLC 
systems. However, they are not tasked with telling you that. They are 
only tasked with telling any of us if we *are* too close to one of 
those. They probably have a lot of coffee to drink, the web to browse at 
work, and early afternoon golf to play and are not required to inform us 
if we are in the clear. Wasting their time by telling you that your 
station is clear of PLCs is an *option* for a slow morning at UTC :) 
They can merely drink their coffee, browse the web, and go golfing for 
30 days (or any other *real* work they may have to do).

The approval or not is already made by the FCC. Now your mission should 
you decide to accept it is to get on the air on those new bands :)

73,

Bill KU8H

On 11/08/2017 08:24 PM, Douglas Williams wrote:
> Sent this back today:
>
> Thank you, REDACTED, for your timely response. I am happy to know that the
> UTC approves my intention to transmit, as amateur radio station KB4OER, on
> the 135.7-137.8 and the 472-479 kHz bands, using the following coordinates:
>
> (36° 22' 17'' N)
> (82° 15' 38'' W)
>
> What I am concerned about is, the UTC doesn't actually have any
> jurisdiction over the amateur radio service, which falls fully under the
> Federal Communications Commission. All the UTC is really tasked with,
> according to the rules, is notifying each amateur radio station whether or
> not their proposed operating coordinates are within one kilometer of a PLC
> system that operates in the same frequency range.
>
> So, really, while I am happy that the UTC "approves" my intention to
> transmit in the bands mentioned above, the UTC really has no say whatsoever
> beyond notifying me of my proximity to PLCs  :-)
>
> Best Regards,
> Douglas D. Williams
> KB4OER
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