[SFDXA] Fwd: ARLB003 Comment Deadline Set in WRC-07 Implementation Proceeding

[William Marx]

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> ARRL Bulletin 3  ARLB003
> From ARRL Headquarters  
> Newington CT  January 3, 2013
> To all radio amateurs 
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> SB QST ARL ARLB003
> ARLB003 Comment Deadline Set in WRC-07 Implementation Proceeding
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> As previously reported, the FCC has proposed to amend its rules to
> implement the allocation decisions of the 2007 World
> Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-07) and to make certain other
> changes. Notice appeared in the December 27, 2012 issue of the
> Federal Register, which started the clock on a 60-day window for the
> submission of comments. Thus, comments are due no later than
> February 25, 2013, with reply comments due no later than March 27,
> 2013.
> 
> While most of the 130-page Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Order
> does not directly affect the Amateur and Amateur-Satellite Services,
> two sections of the document are of particular interest to amateurs.
> 
> Specifically, the FCC proposes to upgrade the Amateur Service
> allocation in the upper half of the 160 meter band (1900-2000 kHz)
> from secondary to primary, while deleting the existing allocation to
> the Radiolocation Service. This is possible, because the
> reaccommodation of radiolocation stations displaced by the expansion
> of the AM broadcasting band to 1705 kHz has been completed and there
> are no non-federal radiolocation stations licensed to operate in the
> 1900-2000 kHz band.
> 
> The FCC also seeks comments on whether, and how, an amateur low
> frequency (LF) allocation might be able to co-exist with Power Line
> Carrier (PLC) systems that are used by electric utilities to monitor
> and control the power grid. The Commission notes that while PLC
> systems do not have the status of an allocation, they carry
> "communications important to the reliability and security of
> electric service to the public." WRC-07 created a new secondary
> allocation to the amateur service at 135.7-137.8 kHz that already
> has been implemented in a number of other countries.
> 
> The ARRL will be preparing comments supporting both of these
> allocations. Individuals wishing to comment directly to the FCC
> should carefully read paragraphs 13-24 of the NPRM and follow the
> instructions contained in paragraph 175.  The NPRM can be found in
> PDF format at,
> http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2012/db1119/FCC-12-140A1.pdf.
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