[MVMA] Fwd: FCC Proposals to Reallocate 3.4 & 5.8 GHz Bands

[William Curtice]

William Curtice
937-287-0871
Please reply to: william.curtice at ieee.org

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From: David Erickson <kb5ugf at gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Dec 30, 2019, 6:34 PM
Subject: FCC Proposals to Reallocate 3.4 & 5.8 GHz Bands
To: <wa8apb at arrl.net>, <tim-yvonne at juno.com>


You may already be aware of the two current FCC proposals to reallocate
part 97 use of the 3.4 and 5.8 GHz spectrum. If not, the first proposal
would eliminate part 97 use of 3.3-3.5 GHz with no clear remedy for
reassignment, although one suggestion would be to move part 97 to 3.1-3.3
GHz. Many users around the country are using modified WISP equipment that
has hardware limitations preventing it from tuning lower than 3.37 GHz,
eliminating the possibility of using this spectrum. The other FCC proposal
involves opening up 5.850-5.925 GHz to shared part 97 use with unlicensed
users. Just look at 2.4-2.45 GHz to see how well that works! Many groups
around the country like ours have wide-area mesh network systems that use
these two bands to provide emergency communication services to area EOCs
and other government and non-government entities. Eliminating these bands
would curtail or even eliminate our ability to provide these services. Of
course, many other hams also use these frequencies with other modes of
communication.

What is needed is for every ham to take a minute and file a comment to the
FCC in opposition to these two proposals. In your comment, state
specifically how you and/or your group or agency would be negatively
impacted by the reallocation of these two bands. There is an “express”
filing option for shorter comments and an “ordinary” option that allows up
to five attached documents. We don't have much time, probably sometime in
mid-January, before the window of opportunity for filing comments closes.
PLEASE forward this email to anyone and everyone you know who uses these
frequencies, or anyone who would be affected by the reallocation of them.
Here's some associated links:

   - Filing comments to the FCC (Only the required fields need to be filled
   in): https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings
   - FCC proposal to reallocate 3.4 GHz (Docket 19-348):
   https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-360941A1.pdf
   - FCC proposal to reallocate 5.8 GHz (Docket 19-138):
   https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-360940A1.pdf
   - [ARRL] FCC Formally Adopts Proposals to Remove Amateur 3-GHz Band,
   Invites Comments:
   http://www.arrl.org/news/fcc-formally-adopts-proposals-to-remove-amateur-3-ghz-band-invites-comments

>From the FCC page you file your comments on, you can also do a “Filings and
Proceedings” search to see what other comments have been filed by searching
the proceeding number – 19-348 for the 3.4 GHz proposal, 19-138 for the 5.8
GHz proposal.

Your involvement in helping preserve ham radio spectrum is needed and
appreciated!

David, KB5UGF
on behalf of the Mansfield-Johnson Amateur Radio Service
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