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ARLB089 Action on digital HF
 
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ARRL Bulletin 89  ARLB089
From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT  November 8, 1994
To all radio amateurs 
 
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ARLB089 Action on digital HF
 
Actions on digital plan
 
The ARRL has filed reply comments on FCC PR Docket 94-59, that
proposes to allow automatic control of digital stations on the HF
bands under certain specific conditions.
 
The League said that it shared concerns filed by some amateurs,
about the possibility of interference to amateurs using other modes,
and urged the FCC to adopt its original proposal for specific
subbands and other restrictions.
 
The ARRL made essentially the same recommendation in its comments on
the FCC proposal in early October.  By that time, the FCC had
received comments from 15 parties, eight opposed to automatic HF
control, five supporting the League's proposal for specific
subbands, and two supporting the ARRL plan but with additional
provisions for avoiding interference.
 
The League said in its reply comments on November 1 that since some
parties suggest no restrictions, while others advocate no changes at
all at this time, that it, the ARRL, favored a middle course, as it
originally had proposed (and was the basis of the Notice of Proposed
Rule Making).
 
More information was in August, 1994 QST, page 71.
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