[MRCA] 630 and 2200 Meter bands are now authorized

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Breck.   just filled it out.   Is there a response from UTC that the online form was received?

time to find an LF module for the ART13 and start listening on the RBA!

Jeff

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> On Sep 15, 2017, at 9:21 PM, B. Smith <smithab11 at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> Great news. The form to fill out on line is very simple.
> Z
> 
> 
> SB QST @ ARL $ARLB018
> ARLB018 FCC Opens 630- and 2200-Meter Bands; Stations Must Notify
> UTC Before Operating
> 
> ZCZC AG18
> QST de W1AW
> ARRL Bulletin 18  ARLB018
>> From ARRL Headquarters  
> Newington CT  September 15, 2017
> To all radio amateurs
> 
> SB QST ARL ARLB018
> ARLB018 FCC Opens 630- and 2200-Meter Bands; Stations Must Notify
> UTC Before Operating
> 
> The FCC has announced that the Office of Management and Budget has
> approved, for 3 years, the information-collection requirement of the
> Commission's March 29 Report and Order (R&O) that spelled out
> Amateur Radio service rules for the two new bands - 630 meters and
> 2200 meters. The R&O in PDF format can be found at,
> https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-17-33A1.pdf  .
> 
> Notice of the action appears in today's edition of the Federal
> Register. Before using either band, stations must notify the
> Utilities Technology Council (UTC), formerly the Utilities Telecom
> Council, that they plan to do so, and if UTC does not respond within
> 30 days, they may commence operation.
> 
> The website to notify the UTC is,
> https://utc.org/plc-database-amateur-notification-process/  .
> 
> Last March 27, the FCC adopted the 2012 World Radiocommunication
> Conference (WRC-12) implementation Report and Order (ET Docket
> 15-99), amending its Amateur Radio rules to - in the FCC's words -
> "provide for frequency-sharing requirements in the 135.7-137.8 kHz
> (2200-meter) and 472-479 kHz (630-meter) bands."
> Great news. The form to fill out on line is very simple.
> Z
> 
> 
> SB QST @ ARL $ARLB018
> ARLB018 FCC Opens 630- and 2200-Meter Bands; Stations Must Notify
> UTC Before Operating
> 
> ZCZC AG18
> QST de W1AW
> ARRL Bulletin 18  ARLB018
>> From ARRL Headquarters  
> Newington CT  September 15, 2017
> To all radio amateurs
> 
> SB QST ARL ARLB018
> ARLB018 FCC Opens 630- and 2200-Meter Bands; Stations Must Notify
> UTC Before Operating
> 
> The FCC has announced that the Office of Management and Budget has
> approved, for 3 years, the information-collection requirement of the
> Commission's March 29 Report and Order (R&O) that spelled out
> Amateur Radio service rules for the two new bands - 630 meters and
> 2200 meters. The R&O in PDF format can be found at,
> https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-17-33A1.pdf  .
> 
> Notice of the action appears in today's edition of the Federal
> Register. Before using either band, stations must notify the
> Utilities Technology Council (UTC), formerly the Utilities Telecom
> Council, that they plan to do so, and if UTC does not respond within
> 30 days, they may commence operation.
> 
> The website to notify the UTC is,
> https://utc.org/plc-database-amateur-notification-process/  .
> 
> Last March 27, the FCC adopted the 2012 World Radiocommunication
> Conference (WRC-12) implementation Report and Order (ET Docket
> 15-99), amending its Amateur Radio rules to - in the FCC's words -
> "provide for frequency-sharing requirements in the 135.7-137.8 kHz
> (2200-meter) and 472-479 kHz (630-meter) bands."
> 
> Section 97.313(g)(2) of those rules requires that, prior to starting
> operation in either band, radio amateurs must notify UTC that they
> intend operate by submitting their call signs, intended band(s) of
> operation, and the coordinates of their antenna's fixed location.
> The new rules do not permit any mobile operation.
> 
> "Amateur stations will be permitted to commence operations after a
> 30-day period, unless UTC notifies the station that its fixed
> location is located within 1 kilometer of Power Line Carrier (PLC)
> systems operating on the same or overlapping frequencies," the FCC
> said. PLC systems are unlicensed. "This notification process will
> ensure that amateur stations seeking to operate [on 630 or 2200
> meters] are located beyond a minimum separation distance from PLC
> transmission lines, which will help ensure the compatibility and
> coexistence of amateur and PLC operations, and promote shared use of
> the bands."
> 
> The FCC announced that it is making effective immediately the Part
> 97 rule amendments, Part 97.3, 97.15(c), 97.301(b) through (d),
> 97.303(g), 97.305(c), and 97.313(k) and (l), which do not require
> OMB approval.
> NNNN
> /EX
> 
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