In reply comments filed on its “symbol rate” Petition for Rule Making (RM-11708), the ARRL said comments opposed to its initiative reflect a “fundamental misunderstanding” of the petition’s intent. The League’s petition now tops the FCC’s list of “Most Active Proceedings.” More than 800 comments were filed as of January 7, some of them posted after the December 23 cut-off date and most favoring…
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As the Monday, December 23, deadline nears to comment on the ARRL’s “Symbol Rate” Petition for Rule Making (PRM), the petition has climbed into second place on the FCC’s “Most Active Proceedings” page. Since the FCC put the ARRL Petition on public notice for comment as RM-11708, it has attracted 638 comments and counting. The petition asks the FCC to delete the symbol rate limit in §97.307(f) o…
American Radio Relay League | Ham Radio Association and Resources
The deadline is December 21 to file comments on the ARRL’s “Symbol Rate” Petition for Rule Making (PRM). The ARRL filed the Petition last month, and the FCC has put it on public notice for comment as RM-11708. The League subsequently filed an Erratum to correct an incorrect appendix included within the Petition. The Petition already has attracted more than 70 comments.
The ARRL has asked the FC…
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The ARRL has asked the FCC to delete the symbol rate limit in §97.307(f) of its Amateur Service rules, replacing it with a maximum bandwidth for data emissions of 2.8 kHz on amateur frequencies below 29.7 MHz. The ARRL Board of Directors adopted the policy underlying the petition initiative at its July 2013 meeting. The petition was filed November 15.
“The changes proposed would, in the aggrega…
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The ARRL Executive Committee has authorized ARRL General Counsel Chris Imlay, W3KD, to file a Petition for Rule Making on the League’s behalf calling for the deletion of symbol rate references for data emissions in the HF bands. The League will be unable to file its Petition, however, until the partial federal government shutdown ends, and the FCC reopens. The EC met October 5 in Aurora, Colora…
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