June 2002 - arrl-odv - reflector.arrl.org

[ARRL-ODV:7366] Re: Antenna Rights
by Mendelsohn, Stephen A. 18 Jun '02

18 Jun '02

I must respectfully disagree Greg. I have seen a number of hams (4) agree to use their towers to host commercial services. There IS a little problem called mixing. When the ham fires up his rig and it interferes with the commercial account it usually results in the ham being asked to shut down, making the tower a commercial entity. I've seen hams asked to vacate 440 MHz because the 2nd harmonic energy desensed the commercial 8-900 MHz equipment. Most commercial firms that ask to use a hams tower will also have him sign a contract calling for the firm's transmitter to be the primary user. The result is that the ham becomes a prisoner to the commercial firm and cannot kick them off his own tower until the contract expires. Its a VERY dangerous road to go down. Once hams give up their right to their own towers for the sake of renting to commercial firms, they have given away the argument that we are the good guys. And in time, town governments will catch on to this and there goes any chance we have of winning a zoning variance. You cant have it both ways. Your either commercial or you are not. Like being a little bit pregnant. You either are or you are not. -73- Steve, W2ML -----Original Message----- From: Greg Milnes [mailto:w7oz@attbi.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 4:06 PM To: arrl-odv Subject: [ARRL-ODV:7365] Re: Antenna Rights I agree with no commercial installations on a ham tower where such commercial towers are not allowed. My point is if we could take down some commercial towers and put those on a nearby ham tower, that would be a win-win situation: the Community gets rid of a commercial tower but still keeps the service. Since the ham tower is there anyway, what's the difference if there is or is not a commercial service one it? Of course we'd have to work out some continued prohibitions for facilities such as Art showed. 73/Greg W7OZ ----- Original Message ----- From: <dick(a)pobox.com> To: "arrl-odv" <arrl-odv(a)reflector.arrl.org> Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 11:59 AM Subject: [ARRL-ODV:7362] Re: Antenna Rights > 18 JUN, 2002 - 1350 CDT > > Hello Greg... > > My concern about an amateur radio operator allowing/selling space > on his amateur radio tower in an urban residential district that > has restrictions on towers. > > Currently, here in St. Charles, IL no towers of any kind are allowed > in any residential district. This was the end result of the early > days of the cell phone tower installations and the same people wanting > cell phone service did not want the towers in their view. Our zoning > ordinance was amended so quickly and the local hams were so apathetic > that "all towers" were prohibited... the baby went out with the > bath water. > > Eventually some ham will want a tower and I will help him either > knock down that part of our zoning code, or get it amended using the > one paragraph legal citation I have had on hand for several years > that will exempt Amateur Radio Service towers. But this would mean > that ONLY amateur radio operations will be conducted using that tower. > This is already the norm in several communities in the Chicago area. > > If your community is willing to allow the mixed use, fine. But I > think most communities and certainly homeowners' associations are > not going to allow this to happen. And we need to make sure there > is no confusion on this issue.

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[ARRL-ODV:7365] Re: Antenna Rights
by Greg Milnes 18 Jun '02

18 Jun '02

I agree with no commercial installations on a ham tower where such commercial towers are not allowed. My point is if we could take down some commercial towers and put those on a nearby ham tower, that would be a win-win situation: the Community gets rid of a commercial tower but still keeps the service. Since the ham tower is there anyway, what's the difference if there is or is not a commercial service one it? Of course we'd have to work out some continued prohibitions for facilities such as Art showed. 73/Greg W7OZ ----- Original Message ----- From: <dick(a)pobox.com> To: "arrl-odv" <arrl-odv(a)reflector.arrl.org> Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 11:59 AM Subject: [ARRL-ODV:7362] Re: Antenna Rights > 18 JUN, 2002 - 1350 CDT > > Hello Greg... > > My concern about an amateur radio operator allowing/selling space > on his amateur radio tower in an urban residential district that > has restrictions on towers. > > Currently, here in St. Charles, IL no towers of any kind are allowed > in any residential district. This was the end result of the early > days of the cell phone tower installations and the same people wanting > cell phone service did not want the towers in their view. Our zoning > ordinance was amended so quickly and the local hams were so apathetic > that "all towers" were prohibited... the baby went out with the > bath water. > > Eventually some ham will want a tower and I will help him either > knock down that part of our zoning code, or get it amended using the > one paragraph legal citation I have had on hand for several years > that will exempt Amateur Radio Service towers. But this would mean > that ONLY amateur radio operations will be conducted using that tower. > This is already the norm in several communities in the Chicago area. > > If your community is willing to allow the mixed use, fine. But I > think most communities and certainly homeowners' associations are > not going to allow this to happen. And we need to make sure there > is no confusion on this issue.

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[ARRL-ODV:7364] Re: UTC Grant Funds Emergency Communications Training in Connecti cut
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 18 Jun '02

18 Jun '02

Further to my message of April 17 (below) and not to steal Mary Hobart's thunder (Mary may have some more to add), this afternoon we hosted a joint press conference with UTC to announce the grant. Local television and radio both covered the event, which featured Connecticut Lt. Governor Jodi Rell. About 50 Connecticut amateurs attended, so there was a good crowd. Lt. Governor Rell delivered a short speech that demonstrated a good understanding of amateur radio and read a statement from Governor Rowland declaring Amateur Radio Week in Connecticut. This was followed by several demonstration contacts from W1AW for the media, including a lengthy contact by Lt. Governor Rell with a station in Nova Scotia. Connecticut Section Manager Betsey Doane, K1EIC, is confident we'll meet the target of 250 trained, certified operators. If we're successful I believe there is an excellent chance that UTC will provide the funding to take the program national. 73, Dave K1ZZ -----Original Message----- From: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ [mailto:dsumner@arrl.org] Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 10:44 AM To: 'arrl-odv(a)arrl.org' Subject: [ARRL-ODV:7112] UTC Grant Funds Emergency Communications Training in Connecticut I am pleased to announce the award of a $33,000 grant to the ARRL from United Technologies Corporation (UTC) to fund the expansion of ARRL's Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Course (ARECC) program in support of homeland security and emergency communications in Connecticut. The grant provides funding to review and revise our ARECC curriculum, to select and train 20 ARECC trainers/mentors and to certify 250 Connecticut hams through the Level I course by the end of 2002. Connecticut was selected by UTC for this grant since the international corporate headquarters of UTC are in Connecticut. Based on a successful program in the state, UTC and ARRL intend to create a model for a national ARECC expansion program, and UTC will consider a proposal to fund that national program in 2003. This grant is unique in UTC's pattern of giving, and creates a strong public/private partnership between one of the nation's largest defense contractors and one of the largest public service volunteer organizations. UTC is the parent company of Pratt & Whitney, Otis Elevator, Sikorsky Aircraft, Hamilton Sundstrand, Carrier and UTC Fuel Cells. Please treat this as advance notification for the information of the ARRL Board. Arrangements are being made for an appropriate joint public announcement by the ARRL and UTC. David Sumner, K1ZZ Chief Executive Officer

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[ARRL-ODV:7363] Re: WRC-03 now scheduled for Geneva
by Dennis Bodson 18 Jun '02

18 Jun '02

Dave: This is good news. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ [mailto:dsumner@arrl.org] Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 11:06 AM To: arrl-odv Subject: [ARRL-ODV:7361] WRC-03 now scheduled for Geneva While it has not yet been officially announced, a few minutes ago I was able to confirm that the ITU has managed to make arrangements for WRC-03 to be held in Geneva on the dates originally selected for Caracas. Official word should come later this week. Dave K1ZZ

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[ARRL-ODV:7362] Re: Antenna Rights
by dick＠pobox.com 18 Jun '02

18 Jun '02

18 JUN, 2002 - 1350 CDT Hello Greg... My concern about an amateur radio operator allowing/selling space on his amateur radio tower in an urban residential district that has restrictions on towers. Currently, here in St. Charles, IL no towers of any kind are allowed in any residential district. This was the end result of the early days of the cell phone tower installations and the same people wanting cell phone service did not want the towers in their view. Our zoning ordinance was amended so quickly and the local hams were so apathetic that "all towers" were prohibited... the baby went out with the bath water. Eventually some ham will want a tower and I will help him either knock down that part of our zoning code, or get it amended using the one paragraph legal citation I have had on hand for several years that will exempt Amateur Radio Service towers. But this would mean that ONLY amateur radio operations will be conducted using that tower. This is already the norm in several communities in the Chicago area. If your community is willing to allow the mixed use, fine. But I think most communities and certainly homeowners' associations are not going to allow this to happen. And we need to make sure there is no confusion on this issue.

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[ARRL-ODV:7361] WRC-03 now scheduled for Geneva
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 18 Jun '02

18 Jun '02

While it has not yet been officially announced, a few minutes ago I was able to confirm that the ITU has managed to make arrangements for WRC-03 to be held in Geneva on the dates originally selected for Caracas. Official word should come later this week. Dave K1ZZ

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[ARRL-ODV:7360]
by Kustosik, Lisa, KA1UFZ 18 Jun '02

18 Jun '02

IN-Newsletter Vol. 25, No. 24 June 17, 2002 Upcoming Meetings July 18th in Newington, CT at 9:00am Volunteer Resources Committee July 19-20 in Windsor, CT: Board Meeting Development The Education and Technology Fund contributions have reached $189,005 from 3,150 donors for and all-time high average gift of $60. Contributions are coming in daily with the "deadline" of June 30, 2002. Work has begun on the W1AW Endowment campaign test. The mail to 5000 prospects should go out in July. The formal announcement of the United Technologies Corporation grant to fund the ARECC course for 250 Connecticut hams will be issued on June 18 at a press conference with Connecticut Lt. Gov. M. Jodi Rell, UTC's Jacqueline F. Strayer, Director, Contribution and Communication Services, New England Division Director Tom Frenaye and CT Section Manager Betsey Doane. The press conference will be followed by an Amateur Radio demonstration at W1AW. Two new planned giving commitments were received last week bringing the total to commitment received to date to nine. The prospect list has grown to more than 75 names. Follow up letters to prospects have been mailed with additional information on wills and other charitable giving opportunities. Publications We reviewed printer's proofs for the July/August issue of QEX. Membership Services Awards Branch WAC QSL Cards Checked 114 WAC Certificates 24 WAC Endorsements 20 Long Term Member Inquiries 12 VUCC QSL Cards Checked 114 VUCC Initial Applications 11 Grids (Data Entry) 1452 VUCC Endorsement Applications 1 Grids (Data Entry) 103 VUCC Certificates 11 VUCC Endorsements Processed/Mailed 8 A-1 Operator Nominations 8 A-1 Operator Certificates 1 Also, the latest list of VUCC standings was compiled and submitted for August QST. Thank you to Sharon Taratula for her help with VUCC data entry. Processing Status WAS QSLs 2 weeks U.S. WAC Awards 2 weeks RCC Awards 3 weeks OTC Awards 3 weeks Extra Class Certificates 3 weeks For the coming week-WAS QSL card checking, U.S. WAC, RCC, and OTC awards, Extra Class certificates, package and mail out VUCC initial awards, and additional research for long term members with problematic records (unable to find) and letters to same. DXCC Branch Weekly Report June 16, 2002 Beginning Cards 43,298 Cards Received 9,036 Cards Processed 9,129 Ending Cards 43,205 Applications Pending 307 Processing Time 1 Week Year-to-date Cards Received 262,717 Cards Returned 334,744 QRP Issued this week 4 QRP YTD 207 DXCC is currently mailing applications received on June 6, 2002. DXCC is currently entering cards received on June 13, 2002. Contest Branch We worked with authors on drafts for both the 2001 ARRL 160-Meter Contest article and 2002 January VHF Sweepstakes. We also formatted line scores for January VHF SS and sent them to production. We finished working with the computer consultant and printed the 2001 IARU Certificates. They are being mailed to the individuals or national societies as appropriate. We received the draft of the 2002 RTTY Roundup results from the off-site author and began working with photos, etc for the web version of the story, and edited RTTY Roundup and ARRL 10 Meter contest soapbox for the Web. We developed a random sample of active and inactive VHF/UHF/Microwave contest participants and addresses for the MSD Manager for use with the current VHF/UHF contest study being done by the MSC. Checking of violations of the six-band change rules for MS and M2 in both modes of the DX Contest were reviewed and follow-up emails processed to about three dozen competitors. QSL Branch QSL service status: Current. Cards mailed year to date as of 06/16/2002 - 1,016,100. Cards mailed on 06/14/2002 - 65,100. Janet Rocco spent 3 hours conducting tours around HQ. Martin Cook covered the morning shift at W1AW for the vacationing Joe Carcia. W1AW Kenwood USA donates the ARCP-2000 control software to W1AW. As a follow-up to their TS-2000X donation, Kenwood donated the control software for this radio. The software has been installed on the satellite tracking PC, and initial tests on its use have begun. Scott Gee worked on slow and fast code practice runs for the month of June. He also worked the early afternoon shift on Friday for a vacationing Joe Carcia. Joe installed and began tests on the Kenwood software. He also installed ferrite chokes on the sensor (fire head) wires in the station's Sonitrol fire alarm box. This was done to prevent false alarms generated by the RF (from the transmissions) that were getting into the alarm system. W1AW telephone sales year to date (2002): $4,549. Field & Educational Services Regulatory Information John is assisting with advance PR for the legal seminar to be held August 23 in conjunction with the New England Division Convention at Boxboro, Massachusetts. He also assisted amateurs with local government zoning problems in Tolland, CT (KB1FOA) and Richland Township, PA (KB3HNV) as well as with covenant problems in Herndon, VA (AF4MO) and Irvine, CA (KF6UEB). Rosalie prepared paperwork for the state of Connecticut so that ARRL can continue to award CEUs to Connecticut citizens who attend our educational workshops. She began work on revising the NASA lesson plans for K-4 grades; NASA will handle editing and graphics plus printing costs. She reviewed a paper to be given by the ARISS team at the World Space Conference. Field Organization/ Public Service Team Leona Adams sent letters to the incumbent SMs who would begin a new term on October 1, 2002 to the following sections: CT, ID, MN, ND, OH, WNY, and VI. Candidate statements from the 2 nominees for Puerto Rico SM were due this week as part of election preparation. Also, Leona sent out current and expired appointee listings to the SMs. Colorado SM Jeff Ryan continued providing updates on ham radio response to Colorado fires. Steve Ewald worked on August QST Public Service and Section News. He contacted 6 SMs this week regarding Section Web pages, and is awaiting response from a couple. He heard from North Carolina, Maine and Arizona who will be discussing plans with their staffs to get active on the Web. Mississippi's SM is now directly uploading news. Delaware has used the Web Alert System in past months and has the wherewithal to post news if necessary. Kansas SM Cook is excited while trying to learn to improve the look of his Web page with color. He got tips from other SMs who've used color in their ARRL-sponsored pages. Field & Educational Support Team ARRL Sections with messages relayed electronically by Mary Lau this week included: EB = 3; MS, SDG, SFL, KY, OH = 2; and NH, MI, NNJ =1. She assisted Jo-Ann in learning the ropes of the F&ES monthly inventory, video stock, and revenue reports. Mary also spoke with Marci Campbell, organizer of the San Francisco Section Convention, where Mary will be the banquet speaker on the night of June 29. Jean Wolfgang hustled getting the Instructor of the Year Award packets ready for the VRC. Thanks goes to Margie for her help with these. Jean also handled an ARISS application from the Mt Carmel School in CA. She reports that EXAMWIN updates have been put on the Web, thanks to Jon Bloom. Jo-Ann Arel issued her first F&ES end-of-month reports; for May, $2340 of revenue was brought in by the department. Jo-Ann updated 24 affiliated club records, and sent out 19 Exhibit Kits, 13 videos, 1175 Archies, 1100 Brochures, 1 JOTA kit, and registered 1 schoolteacher and 11 volunteer instructors. Margie Bourgoin reports one new club application went to the appropriate director, and also two new SSC club applications. She is also VERY happy with the returns to date on the Instructor activity survey card sent out recently--74 returns so far, with most coming in via email. This project is to cull out volunteer instructors for a planned July database purge. Gail Iannone wrote 53 hamfest announcements and 8 convention announcements for the August issue of QST. She coordinated travel for HQ staff for the following conventions: Dave Patton, NT1N, Pacific NW DX Convention to be held on August 2-4 in Portland, OR and Dan Henderson, N1ND, Northern New York Section Convention to be held on October 12 in Lake Placid. C-CE Jerry Ellis has nearly eliminated the backlog of C-CE certificates to be printed and mailed. He is opening new classes, requesting and assigning mentors, and handling some correspondence. He suggested an improvement that will save time; this will be implemented in the future. Dan Miller reports that thanks to Andy Shefrin, a crashed computer and inoperable printer were quickly replaced this week, allowing C-CE to continue forward momentum. Lower numbers of enrollees and graduates this week are no doubt due to the beginning of the summer season. All courses are flowing smoothly. The Big Project Five teachers from around the US visited HQ June 13-15 to work with Jerry Hill in fleshing out lesson plans. These folks, who teach at different grade levels, worked well together and the outlines and plans are in good shape. They will review the finished lesson plans as they are completed. Thanks to Mary Hobart for hosting everyone at a barbecue after work. 73, Sincerely, Mark Wilson, K1RO Chief Operating Officer MW:lk Staff Absentee List Name Date(s) Reason All Staff 7/4-7/5 Holiday Mark Wilson 7/1-7/3 Vacation Dave Patton 6/25-7/1 Friedrichshafen Jennifer Hagy 7/1-7/8 Vacation Monique Levesque 6/27pm-7/8 Vacation Steve Ewald 6/20 Vacation Mary Lau 6/25-7/8 San Francisco Section Convention/Vacation Zack Lau 6/25-7/8 San Francisco Section Convention/Vacation Rosalie White 6/28 Vacation Dan Miller 7/1-7/3 Vacation Diana Lamson-Lucas 6/17-6/21 Vacation Jan Carman 7/1-7/3 Vacation Bob Schetgen 6/17 Vacation Joel Kleinman 7/2-7/12 Vacation

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[ARRL-ODV:7359] FCC's WRC Advisory Committee Adopts 7 MHz Recommendations
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 17 Jun '02

17 Jun '02

Today the FCC issued a Public Notice announcing the latest recommendations on WRC-03 proposals from its WRC Advisory Committee. Included in the proposals is a recommendation that mirrors the "Method 1" approach that I described in my report [ARRL-ODV:7197] on last month's meeting in Geneva of ITU-R Working Party 8A. This approach would lead in two steps to a worldwide amateur allocation of 7.0-7.3 MHz with a 250-kHz broadcasting allocation of 7.3-7.55 MHz. This is not a coincidence, of course; it is a direct result of the patient labors of our Technical Relations Office. Here is the relevant excerpt from the 56-page Public Notice. Some of the formatting may not have survived the cut-and-paste but I hope it will make sense. Please note that while this is a step forward, it does not represent either a decision by the FCC or a decision by the U.S. administration although the initial signs for FCC support are encouraging: "Based upon our initial review of the recommendations forwarded to the Commission, the International Bureau, in coordination with other Commission Bureaus and Offices, tentatively concludes that we can generally support all of the proposals recommended by the WRC-03 Advisory Committee." There is a comment window until July 12 for public comment. While the Public Notice does not express any reservations with regard to the 7-MHz proposals, it does express reservations with regard to another proposal that we have been fighting: a mobile allocation including 5650-5725 MHz for expansion of wireless LANs. This proposal is also unpopular with the Department of Defense and our support for their position has not gone unnoticed. The Public Notice goes on to state, "The FCC will consider the draft proposals and comments provided in its upcoming consultations with the U.S. Department of State and NTIA in the development of U.S. proposals to WRC-03. Once agreed by these agencies of the U.S. Government, proposals will be used by U.S. delegations at bilateral, regional and international meetings. The draft proposals attached to this Public Notice may evolve as we approach WRC-03 and during the course of interagency discussions. Therefore, they do not constitute the final national position on these issues." 73, Dave K1ZZ V. Informal Working Group 6: Public Protection and Other Issues DRAFT PROPOSAL FOR THE WORK OF THE CONFERENCE Doc. WAC/116(04.06.02) WRC-03 Agenda Item 1.23: to consider realignment of the allocations to the amateur, amateur-satellite and broadcasting services around 7 MHz on a worldwide basis, taking into account Recommendation 718 (WARC-92); ISSUE: The need for a worldwide exclusive spectrum allocation for the amateur and amateur-satellite services in the three ITU Regions. BACKGROUND: Studies in response to Recommendation 718 (WARC-92) have been ongoing in ITU-R for a number of years. The purpose of carrying out a realignment of the bands around 7 MHz is to remedy the long-standing difficulties experienced by the amateur service and the limitations placed on the broadcasting service as a result of the changes made to the frequency bands around 7 MHz at the Atlantic City WARC in 1947. Historically until the 1938 Cairo Conference the band 7 000-7 300 kHz was allocated exclusively to the amateur service. Conditions in Europe and Asia lead to the reduction to 7 000-7 150 kHz in ITU Regions 1 and 3. A final reduction to 7 000-7 100 kHz took place at WARC-59. The Region 2 allocation remained unchanged at 7 000-7 300 kHz amateur exclusive. For the amateur service, the usefulness of the allocations around 7 MHz for worldwide links is limited because only 100 kHz of spectrum between 7 000 and 7 100 kHz is common to Region 2 and Regions 1 and 3. The 7 100-7 300 kHz band is allocated exclusively to the broadcasting service in Regions 1 and 3, and exclusively to the amateur service in Region 2. Given the large disparity in signal levels between the two services, broadcasting transmissions cause interference to the sensitive receivers used in the amateur service during periods of good propagation between Regions 1 and 2. The degree of interference experienced in Region 2 varies with time-of-day, season, solar activity and distance from broadcasting stations in other regions. Prior to WARC-92, CCIR JIWP 10-6-8-9 carried out extensive studies of HF sharing including the bands around 7 MHz. Its October 1990 report, "Compatibility considerations arising from the allocation of spectrum to HF broadcasting" formed Section 5 of the CCIR Report to WARC-92. The information is still valid and was reproduced in the Report of the Director to WRC-2000 in response to Resolution 29 (WRC-97) (Attachment 1 to Document CMR-2000/5). The study concludes, inter alia, that: the sharing of frequency bands by the amateur and broadcasting services is undesirable and should be avoided, because of system incompatibility between broadcasting and amateur services Analysis of the results of studies The following factors were identified during the studies as conditioning the search for a viable solution: 1) the fixed, land mobile and amateur allocations around 7 MHz support many important national and international applications, including those with a humanitarian and disaster relief dimension, which are particularly suited to the propagation characteristics of these bands; 2) any solution requiring sharing of spectrum between amateur and broadcasting services is not desirable, since experience has shown that this is unacceptable in the long run; 3) the entire 300 kHz is required in Region 2 for the amateur service; 4) some movement in frequency of the allocation to the amateur services around 7 MHz may be acceptable; 5) a reduction of the amount of contiguous spectrum allocated to the broadcasting service in the 7 MHz band is unacceptable to broadcasters because of existing and anticipated congestion, but there is flexibility with regard to the actual location of this band; 6) attention should be given to the spectrum requirements of the land mobile service below 7 MHz; 7) spectrum allocated to the maritime mobile, aeronautical mobile (OR), and aeronautical mobile (R) services should not be considered for reallocation; 8) the band 6 765-7 000 kHz has been identified as essential for supporting fixed service operations of all types and it is not feasible to relocate certain types of operations to higher bands because of propagation considerations; 9) sharing between the amateur service and the fixed and mobile services may be possible; 10) the realignment should involve the minimum necessary shift in allocation blocks in order to limit the economic impact on users. PROPOSALS: USA/1.23/1 Stage 1 to be implemented on or before 1 April 2007 kHz 6 765-7 450 Allocation to services Region 1 Region 2 Region 3 MOD 6 7 65-7 000 FIXED Land MobileMOBILE except aeronautical mobile (R) NOC 7 000-7 100 AMATEUR AMATEUR-SATELLITE SUP 7 100-7 300 BROADCASTING 7 100-7 300 AMATEUR 7 100-7 300 BROADCASTING MOD 7 100-7 3200 AMATEUR MOD 7 1200-7 300 BROADCASTING 7 1200-7 300 AMATEUR 7 1200-7 300 BROADCASTING MOD 7 300-7 3450 BROADCASTING MOD 7 3450-8 100 FIXED Land Mobile USA/1.23/2 Stage 1 to be implemented on or before 1 April 2007 MOD 5.142 The use of the band 7 1200-7 300 kHz in Region 2 by the amateur service shall not impose constraints on the broadcasting service intended for use within Region 1 and Region 3. USA/1.23/3 Stage 2 to be implemented on or before 1 April 2010 kHz 6 765-7 550 Allocation to services Region 1 Region 2 Region 3 MOD 6 7 65-7 000 FIXED Land MobileMOBILE except aeronautical mobile (R) NOC 7 000-7 100 AMATEUR AMATEUR SATELLITE SUP 7 100-7 300 BROADCASTING 7 100-7 300 AMATEUR 7 100-7 300 BROADCASTING MOD 7 100-7 300 AMATEUR MOD 7 300-7 3550* BROADCASTING MOD 7 3550-8 100 FIXED Land Mobile USA/1.23/4 Stage 2 to be implemented on or before 1 April 2010 SUP 5.142 Reasons: Achieves global harmonization of the allocations consistent with the factors identified as conditioning the search for a viable solution. In particular, essential fixed service operations between 6 765 and 7 000 kHz are not affected, and additional flexibility is afforded to complementary mobile operations in this band. In order to reduce the impact of the changes to the broadcasting, fixed and land mobile services, this modification would be introduced over several years in two stages, as follows: Stage 1 6 765-7 000 kHz Fixed and mobile (except aeronautical mobile (R)) co-primary 7 000-7 100 kHz Amateur and amateur-satellite co-primary (NOC) 7 100-7 200 kHz Amateur primary 7 200-7 300 kHz Broadcasting primary Regions 1 and 3, amateur primary Region 2 (NOC) 7 300-7 450 kHz Broadcasting primary Stage 2 6 765-7 000 kHz Fixed and mobile (except aeronautical mobile (R)) co-primary (NOC with respect to Stage 1) 7 000-7 100 kHz Amateur and amateur-satellite co-primary (NOC) 7 100-7 300 kHz Amateur primary 7 300-7 550 kHz Broadcasting primary

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[ARRL-ODV:7358] Comment Deadline Set on ET Docket 02-98
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 17 Jun '02

17 Jun '02

The NPRM proposing the new bands at 136 kHz and 5 MHz and the upgrade at 2400-2402 MHz has been published in the Federal Register. Comment deadline is July 29, with reply comments due August 13. Dave K1ZZ

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[ARRL-ODV:7357] 2002 May State Legislative Report
by Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ 17 Jun '02

17 Jun '02

Here is the report just received from Chwat & Co. 73, Dave K1ZZ <<2002 May state legislative report.doc>>

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