ARLB027 449 MHz plan aired
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ARRL Bulletin 27  ARLB027
From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT  March 12, 1993
To all radio amateurs

The FCC on March 10 agreed to issue a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
and Notice of Inquiry on the subject of wind profiler radars (ET
Docket 93-59).

The FCC said it "has proposed to allocate the 449 MHz band for
wind profiler radar systems (wind profilers) and requested comment
on whether wind profilers also should be accommodated in the 915 MHz
band, as proposed by Radian Corporation, or in some other frequency
band .... The 449 MHz band that the Commission is proposing for wind
profiler radars currently is allocated on a primary basis for
Government radiolocation operations by the military.

"In addition, the 449 MHz band is allocated on a secondary basis
to the Amateur Radio Service and to Government and non-Government
radiolocation systems for coastal radars."

A major topic of the docket proceeding is expected to be the
exact nature of the sharing arrangement.
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