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ARRL Bulletin 67  ARLB067
>From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT  August 12, 1994
To all radio amateurs 
 
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Report on reallocation
 
ARRL's effort to protect Amateur frequencies in the 13 cm band from
reallocation is a step closer to success with the release this week
of a report from the FCC to the Commerce Department that strongly
supports continued Amateur Radio presence in the band. The report
disagrees with NTIA's preliminary recommendations that large
portions of the band be reallocated for other uses.
 
The frequencies that NTIA had identified for possible reallocation
consist of 2300-2310 MHz, 2390-2400 MHz and 2402- 2417 MHz, which
have been shared by Amateur Radio on a secondary basis with
Government services. When the process is completed, FCC will
administer the reallocation of frequencies identified by NTIA.
 
While the FCC report praised NTIA for its efforts, it stated that
the NTIA proposals require modification. FCC cited concerns in the
Amateur community that reallocation would disrupt Amateur operations
in the band, and that NTIA failed to meet the statutory requirement
that it attempt to determine the extent to which the band could be
shared with the Amateur service. The report noted that ''the largest
factor affecting the future use of these bands is their existing
availability for use by the Amateur service.''
 
''While we're not out of the woods on this one yet,'' says ARRL
President George Wilson, ''it is beginning to look like the comments
filed by knowledgeable West Coast hams combined with the League's
Washington effort may well succeed in carving out territory for
continued Amateur development in the microwave bands.''
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