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"The ARRL asks hams to comment on FCC 60-meter proposal."
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Content and Source: Facebook posting from Stacy Holbrook (KH6OWL).
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Russ Roberts (KH6JRM/AL0HA).
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ARRL ASKS HAMS TO COMMENT ON FCC 60-METER PROPOSAL
THE ARRL IS ASKING HAMS WHO USE THE 60-METER (5-MHZ) BAND TO FILE COMMENTS IN RESPONSE TO THE FCCS PROPOSAL TO BRING THE U.S. ALLOCATION FOR THE BAND INTO CONFORMITY WITH THE STRUCTURE APPROVED SEVERAL YEARS AGO BY A PREVIOUS WRC.
THE EFFECT OF THE CHANGE WOULD BE TO REPLACE THE FIVE DISCRETE CHANNELS ON THE BAND WITH A CONTINUOUS 15-KHZ-WIDE BAND SEGMENT. IT WOULD ALSO REDUCE PERMITTED POWER FROM THE CURRENT
100-WATT ERP (EFFECTIVE RADIATED POWER) MAXIMUM TO 15 WATTS EIRP (EFFECTIVE ISOTROPIC RADIATED POWER), WHICH IS EQUIVALENT TO 9.1 WATTS ERP, PER THE ARRL LETTER. THE DOCKET NUMBER IS WT 23-120, AND THE
COMMENT PERIOD RUNS THROUGH OCTOBER 30.
THE LEAGUE ENCOURAGES AMATEURS TO URGE THE FCC TO MAINTAIN THE 100-WATT POWER MAXIMUM AND TO KEEP
SECONDARY AMATEUR ACCESS TO THE FOUR CURRENT CHANNELS THAT ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED NEW ALLOCATION.
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