[South Florida DX Association] FW: ARRL Letter Update - FCC Amends Experimental License

[Adam Farson]

This is really good news from the FCC. 

Cheers for now, 73,
Adam VA7OJ/AB4OJ


-----Original Message-----
From: ARRL Letter Mailing List [mailto:letter-dlvy at arrl.org] 
Sent: 24-Oct-08 10:33
To: farson at shaw.ca
Subject: ARRL Letter Update - FCC Amends Experimental License

==> FCC AMENDS WE2XRH EXPERIMENTAL LICENSE

In response to the October 20 ARRL Petition for Modification or Cancellation
of Experimental Authorization (Petition) concerning an experimental license
issued to Digital Aurora Radio Technologies (DART) station WE2XRH, the FCC
today issued an amended license that redefines one of the station's
frequency ranges to eliminate conflict with the Amateur Radio Service. This
revision addresses ARRL's concern that the original 7.10 to 7.60 MHz range
would cause unacceptable interference to Amateur Radio operations in the 40
meter band. The amended license narrows the range to 7.30 to 7.60 MHz and
gives as the reason for the change, "operation in the band 7.1-7.3 MHz will
cause harmful interference to Amateur Radio Service licensees."

"We are delighted that the FCC acted so promptly to correct this error and
are pleased that the matter has been resolved," said ARRL CEO David Sumner,
K1ZZ.

WE2XRH will be testing a proposed domestic broadcast service using a 20 kHz
bandwidth digital emission at a transmitter output power of 100 kW and an
ERP of 660 kW within a radius of 1500 kilometers of Delta Junction, Alaska.
According to the amended license, the transmissions will take place in the
frequency ranges 4.4 to 5.1 MHz, 7.3 to 7.6 MHz and 9.25 to 9.95 MHz.