Thanks, Chris. I concur with your actions. Bob Vallio, W6RGG On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 10:00 AM, Christopher Imlay <w3kd.arrl@gmail.com> wrote:
Greetings. Today, having heard approvals from all but one member of the Executive Committee, and having received helpful edits from President Roderick, Vice President Widin and from Jon Siverling, I filed just now the attached Petition for Rule Making. This asks for the implementation of the new 5 MHz band allocation.
As I noted in my Board report, this is a difficult "sell". We do NOT have the support of NTIA for this allocation and the United States did not support this allocation at WRC-15. However, it is only 15 kilohertz wide. The largest problem, other that the fact that the Final Acts of WRC-15 have not yet been ratified by Congress, is that the international allocation is for only 15 watts e.i.r.p. which is completely insufficient for the purpose for which this band has been allocated. We are asking that domestically, radio Amateurs be permitted 100 watts ERP, which is what the rules permit now for the five discrete channels.
We are also asking to keep the four channels that are outside the allocated band, and that the service rules for the band be the same as for the channels: General and up access; limited emission types; and other provisions necessary for compatible sharing.
This is being filed early in terms of the WRC-15 implementation because we wanted to direct the conversation in terms of the 100-watt limit rather than wait for FCC to propose implementing the 15 watts e.i.r.p offered unhelpfully by the ITU.
I will populate this within OET where it will be adjudicated and give a heads-up to Scot Stone at WTB as well. This is an important filing and it will garner support within the Amateur Community of course. FCC and NTIA will be the obstacles here and Jon Siverling and I will have to attempt to "sell" this to NTIA in due course.
73, Chris W3KD
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