[SFDXA] ARLB029 FCC "Symbol Rate" Rule Making Proposal Open for Comment at Least Until October

[William Marx]

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> ARLB029 FCC "Symbol Rate" Rule Making Proposal Open for Comment at
> Least Until October
> 
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> ARRL Bulletin 29  ARLB029
> From ARRL Headquarters  
> Newington CT  August 11, 2016
> To all radio amateurs 
> 
> SB QST ARL ARLB029
> ARLB029 FCC "Symbol Rate" Rule Making Proposal Open for Comment at
> Least Until October
> 
> In a July Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) in WT Docket 16-239,
> the FCC proposed to revise the Amateur Service Part 97 rules in
> response to the ARRL's so-called "Symbol Rate" Petition for Rule
> Making (RM-11708), filed in late 2013. The proceeding will remain
> open for public comment at least for another 60 days, since the NPRM
> has not yet appeared in The Federal Register, thus starting the
> 60-day clock.
> 
> The NPRM can be found on the web in PDF format at,
> http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2016/db0728/FCC-16-96A1.pdf
> .
> 
> ARRL had asked the FCC to change the Part 97 rules to delete the
> symbol rate limits in Part 97.307(f) and replace them with a maximum
> bandwidth for data emissions of 2.8 kHz on amateur frequencies below
> 29.7 MHz.
> 
> In its NPRM, the FCC proposed to eliminate the current baud rate
> limitations for data emissions, consistent with ARRL's Petition, but
> it declined to propose a bandwidth limitation for data emissions in
> the MF and HF bands to replace the baud rate limitations.
> 
> The official deadline to file comments will be announced when it
> becomes available. The ARRL plans to comment in the proceeding.
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