[MRCA] Fwd: [MMRCG] 60 meter NPRM

[mstangelo at comcast.net]

The ARRL proposal mentions compatibility with the Canadian allocations. I checked the RAC(Radio Amateurs of Canada) allocation and this is what Canadians have:

5330.5 kHz exactly
5346.5 kHz exactly
5351.5 to 5363.7 kHz – you may freely move around within this narrow 15 kHz-wide band
5371.5 kHz exactly
5403.5 kHz exactly

RAC note most countries are allowed 15 watts EIRP on the worldwide 5351.5 to 5363.7 kHz allocation but they are allowed 100 watts EIRP on all frequencies. It would be nice if we can nmatch the Canadian allocations and power limits.

Mike N2MS

> On 04/28/2023 4:21 PM Al Klase <ark at ar88.net> wrote:
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> Subject: [MMRCG] 60 meter NPRM	
> Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2023 13:41:57 -0500	
> From: Bob W9RAN <ranickels at gmail.com>	
> Reply-To: MMRCG at groups.io	
> To: MMRCG at groups.io	
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>  Here is the ARRL Bulletin on the 60 meter proposal.
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>  73, Bob W9RAN
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>  SB QST @ ARL $ARLB006
>  ARLB006 ARRL Advocates for Radio Amateurs as FCC Proposes Changes to
>  60-Meter Band
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>  ZCZC AG06
>  QST de W1AW
>  ARRL Bulletin 6 ARLB006
>  From ARRL Headquarters
>  Newington CT April 28, 2023
>  To all radio amateurs
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>  SB QST ARL ARLB006
>  ARLB006 ARRL Advocates for Radio Amateurs as FCC Proposes Changes to
>  60-Meter Band
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>  The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is seeking comments
>  about changing the secondary allocation available to radio amateurs
>  on 60 meters. The FCC issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)
>  on April 21, 2023, that deals with the band. In a prior petition,
>  ARRL, The National Association for Amateur Radio, urged protecting
>  the existing use of the band by amateurs when adding a new
>  allocation adopted internationally.
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>  Currently, radio amateurs in the US have access to five discrete
>  channels on a secondary basis: 5332 kHz, 5348 kHz, 5358.5 kHz, 5373
>  kHz, and 5405 kHz. Users of these channels are limited to an
>  effective radiated power (ERP) of 100 W PEP.
>  
>  The FCC proposes to allocate 15 kHz of contiguous bandwidth between
>  5351.5 - 5366.5 kHz on a secondary basis with a maximum power of 15
>  W EIRP (equivalent to 9.15 W ERP). This allocation was adopted at
>  the 2015 World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-15).
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>  The federal government is the primary user of the 5 MHz spectrum.
>  The government's manager of spectrum use, the National
>  Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), has
>  expressed support for implementing the allocation as adopted at
>  WRC-15. Doing so would result in amateurs losing access to four of
>  the five discrete channels, and power limits would be reduced from
>  100 W ERP to 9.15 W ERP. However, it would provide access to a new
>  contiguous 15 kHz band that includes one of the current five
>  channels.
>  
>  In 2017, ARRL petitioned the FCC to keep the four 60-meter channels
>  that fall outside the new band, as well as the current operating
>  rules, including the 100 W PEP ERP limit.
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>  The ARRL petition stated, "Such implementation will allow radio
>  amateurs engaged in emergency and disaster relief communications,
>  and especially those between the United States and the Caribbean
>  basin, to more reliably, more flexibly, and more capably conduct
>  those communications."
>  
>  ARRL said that years of amateur radio experience using the five
>  discrete channels have shown that amateurs can coexist with primary
>  users at 5 MHz while complying with the regulations established for
>  their use. The petition also stated, "Neither ARRL, nor, apparently,
>  NTIA, is aware of a single reported instance of interference to a
>  federal user by a radio amateur operating at 5 MHz to date."
>  
>  In the NPRM, the FCC recognizes that Canada has already adopted
>  60-meter allocations and related rules that align with those
>  proposed by ARRL. The Commission wrote, "Finally, we note that
>  Canada has essentially implemented the same rules as ARRL has
>  requested." The NPRM can be found online at,https://www.fcc.gov/ .
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>  The FCC proposed to allocate the 15 kHz bandwidth but stopped short
>  of making a proposal on whether the existing channels should remain
>  allocated to amateur radio and what the power limitations should be.
>  They requested comments on their proposal and the related channel
>  and power issues.
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>  Comments will be due 60 days after the NPRM is published in the
>  Federal Register, which is expected within the next two weeks.
>  NNNN
>  /EX