Yes, the bottom line is that we got everything we asked for with respect to the new bands, except that there will be a 30-day, negative option notification requirement to UTC by all hams who wish to use this band. We will have a strategy to make sure that the notifications get made quickly by a lot of hams all at once, thus to ensure that no later PLC systems can be established that would be entitled to protection from amateur operation in the new bands. The only downside of this order is the preservation of ocean buoys in the great lakes and open ocean at up to 8 watts at 1900-2000 kHz. That was unexpected, but we do get unfettered access to this band and the threat of reallocation is now gone, so there is some benefit there also. Overall, this is a big win for ARRL and for Amateur Radio, despite the delay in getting it to the finish line. 73, Chris W3KD On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 11:57 AM, Tom Frenaye <frenaye@pcnet.com> wrote:
I haven't read the details but FCC granted access to 135 and 472 khz bands.
http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/ 2017/db0329/FCC-17-33A1.pdf
-- Tom
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