[W2CRA] Fw: ARLB008 Cooperative Effort Under Way to Resolve Potential 70-Centimeter Interference Issue

Thu Mar 25 10:10:11 EDT 2021

Read this for reference.

https://ema.arrl.org/2007/09/23/arrl-continues-to-deal-with-dod-over-pave-paws-sites/

-Kurt, KR2C

On 3/25/2021 10:05 AM, steve jordan wrote:
> How is it that ameture radio operators share 70cm with a federal 
> military facility?  Seems a little like letting the fox into the hen 
> house.
>
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> *From:* w2cra-bounces at mailman.qth.net <w2cra-bounces at mailman.qth.net> 
> on behalf of Kurt Cathcart, KR2C <Kurt at KuhlRoad.net>
> *Sent:* Thursday, March 25, 2021 7:40:27 AM
> *To:* w2cra at mailman.qth.net <w2cra at mailman.qth.net>
> *Subject:* Re: [W2CRA] Fw: ARLB008 Cooperative Effort Under Way to 
> Resolve Potential 70-Centimeter Interference Issue
>
> There was a similar case to this about 10 years ago up in Mass.  The 
> result was that Amateurs lost their 70cm privileges for a certain 
> parameter around a military radar facility.
>
>
> -Kurt, KR2C
>
>
>
> On 3/24/2021 10:28 PM, George wrote:
>
>> de AC2NX
>>
>> This looks like it could be a real headache.  Let's hope this never 
>> happens near us!
>>
>>    -- something to think about.
>>
>>                                                       G.
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>> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 24, 2021 3:51 PM
>> *To:* gknoedl at hotmail.com <mailto:gknoedl at hotmail.com> 
>> <gknoedl at hotmail.com> <mailto:gknoedl at hotmail.com>
>> *Subject:* ARLB008 Cooperative Effort Under Way to Resolve Potential 
>> 70-Centimeter Interference Issue
>> SB QST @ ARL $ARLB008
>> ARLB008 Cooperative Effort Under Way to Resolve Potential
>> 70-Centimeter Interference Issue
>>
>> ZCZC AG08
>> QST de W1AW
>> ARRL Bulletin 8  ARLB008
>> From ARRL Headquarters
>> Newington CT  March 24, 2021
>> To all radio amateurs
>>
>> SB QST ARL ARLB008
>> ARLB008 Cooperative Effort Under Way to Resolve Potential
>> 70-Centimeter Interference Issue
>>
>> ARRL, the FCC, and the US Department of Defense are cooperating in
>> an effort to eliminate the possibility of amateur radio interference
>> on 70 centimeters to critical systems at White Sands Missile Range
>> (WSMR) in New Mexico. The Defense Department's Regional Spectrum
>> Coordinator contacted the FCC in March, seeking information on whom
>> to contact regarding detected amateur transmissions it believed
>> could pose a threat to a critical WSMR system operating on 70
>> centimeters. The FCC, in turn, asked ARRL to be involved in the
>> discussion and any necessary remedial efforts. It is to be noted
>> that the Amateur Radio Service is a secondary service on the band.
>>
>> Investigation revealed that the potential problem was not with
>> individual operators or repeaters, but with RF control links at 420
>> - 430 MHz used to establish a linked repeater system within New
>> Mexico. "Based on the investigation, and with the support of the
>> FCC, the owners of the RF control links being used in the 420 - 430
>> MHz portion of the amateur allocation within a certain proximity to
>> WSMR are being asked to re-coordinate the link frequency to a new
>> one above 430 MHz," explained ARRL Regulatory Information Manager
>> Dan Henderson, N1ND.
>>
>> ARRL enlisted the assistance of the state's designated repeater
>> frequency coordinator for information on specific links in that part
>> of the band. New Mexico Repeater Frequency Coordinator Bill
>> Kauffman, W5YEJ, agreed to work with the control link operators to
>> find new frequencies that will meet the needs of the link operators.
>>
>> "Time is a factor in this request," Henderson said. "The new systems
>> at WSMR are in advanced testing now and will become fully
>> operational by early summer 2021." The FCC-imposed deadline for the
>> affected control links to change frequencies is set for May 31,
>> 2021.
>>
>> "It appears a total of 32 control links will have to be addressed,"
>> Henderson said. ARRL has mailed letters to each of the RF control
>> link operators, based on the recordkeeping of the frequency
>> coordinator, to advise them of the DoD's request as the primary user
>> on the band. "Any links with the potential to affect the identified
>> systems at WSMR still in operation after May 31, 2021 will be
>> subject to action by the FCC."
>>
>> Henderson said the changes should have no direct impact on the use
>> of any local repeater, but until all the affected RF control links
>> are transitioned to new frequencies, certain links may be
>> temporarily inoperative. Links unable to be relocated by May 31 will
>> have to be shut down until the situation can be resolved. ARRL will
>> be in contact with the FCC after the May 31 deadline to advise it of
>> the status of the remediation effort.
>> NNNN
>> /EX
>>
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