Greetings. With the approval of the Executive Committee, President Craigie and EVP Sumner, I have today (the due date) filed the attached comments on the FCC's NPRM (based on ARRL's petition) to delete the automatic power control requirement for Spread Spectrum Amateur communications. Note that these comments grudgingly accept (for now) the FCC's proposal to reduce the maximum power level for SS from 100 watts to 10 watts, which was NOT part of ARRL's petition. Thanks to Kay and Dave Sumner for helpful edits to this document. There are, incidentally, very few comments filed so far in this docket. It is not anticipated at this time that reply comments will be needed, but we will see what trickles in. 73, Chris W3KD Christopher D. Imlay Booth, Freret, Imlay & Tepper. P.C. 14356 Cape May Road Silver Spring, Maryland 20904-6011 (301) 384-5525 telephone (301) 384-6384 facsimile W3KD@ARRL.ORG