[Wswss] Fw: ARLB014 ARRL Comments on Proposed Expansion of 5 GHz Unlicensed Broadband

[John Kountz]

Anyone out there impacted by this?
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> ARLB014 ARRL Comments on Proposed Expansion of 5 GHz Unlicensed
> Broadband
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> ARRL Bulletin 14  ARLB014
> From ARRL Headquarters
> Newington CT  May 31, 2013
> To all radio amateurs
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> ARLB014 ARRL Comments on Proposed Expansion of 5 GHz Unlicensed
> Broadband
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> Observing that "a decision in the near term with respect to the
> addition of [unlicensed National Information Infrastructure] U-NII
> devices to the 5.85-5.925 GHz band would be premature," the ARRL has
> commented in response to an FCC Notice of Proposed Rule Making (ET
> Docket No. 13-49) that proposes to authorize U-NII use of an
> additional 195 MHz of spectrum in the 5.35-5.47 GHz and 5.85-5.925
> GHz bands. The Commission was obligated, pursuant to Section 6406(a)
> of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (Public
> Law No. 112-96), to begin a proceeding to allow U-NII devices in the
> 5.35-5.47 GHz band. As the ARRL comments note, "There is no
> legislative obligation, however, to make available the 5.85-5.925
> GHz band for U-NII use."
>
> The Amateur Radio Service has a longstanding secondary allocation of
> 5.65-5.925 GHz, with an amateur-satellite uplink band at 5.65-5.67
> GHz and a downlink at 5.83-5.85 GHz. In its 14-page filing, the ARRL
> traces the history of "a continuing series of overlays" to which the
> band has been subjected over the past 16 years, progressively
> reducing the utility of the amateur allocation. In 1999, the
> Commission allocated 5.85-5.925 GHz for direct vehicle-to-vehicle
> and vehicle-to-roadside, or "Dedicated Short Range Communications"
> (DSRC). Amateurs may continue to operate in this segment, but only
> to the extent that they do not interfere with DSRC operations. In
> support of its argument that the introduction of U-NII into this
> segment would be premature, the ARRL observes that "...a U-NII
> overlay at the present time requires a good deal of compatibility
> analysis, none of which has been completed to date."
>
> The full text of the ARRL's comments is available on the web in PDF
> format at,
> http://www.arrl.org/files/media/News/ARRL_5_GHz_Docket_13-49_Comments.pdf.
>
> The comments were filed on the deadline date of May 28, 2013. Reply
> comments are due by June 24.
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