[HCDX] Knocking the Tropical Bands :(

["Horacio A. Nigro" <hanigro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

See below transcription from ARRL Bulletin, The ARRL Letter, Vol 20, No 20,
May 17
IMHO I think that after reading Anker Petersen's excellent survey of
declining SW Domestic BC activity, the future occupancy of the SW's will be
for Digital Radiom, Ham Radio Operators and Pirates and Clandestines.

Horacio...

==>ARRL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REVIEWS PRELIMINARY 5 MHz BAND PETITION

The ARRL Executive Committee has reviewed a preliminary draft Petition for
Rule Making seeking a new US ham band in the vicinity of 5 MHz. Experimental
operation at 5 MHz under a license issued to the ARRL has been going on
since 1999. Participants in the ARRL WA2XSY experimental operation have
established that an allocation at 5 MHz could improve emergency
communication capabilities by filling the gap between 80 and 40 meters.

On a motion from Southwestern Division Director Fried Heyn, WA6WZO, the EC
agreed that the petition should seek a domestic secondary amateur allocation
around 5 MHz with a bandwidth of 150 kHz. Executive Committee members will
review the completed draft petition before it's filed with the FCC, possibly
before the next ARRL Board meeting in July.

An amateur allocation in the vicinity of 5 MHz long has been an objective of
the International Amateur Radio Union. The IARU's Administrative Council has
approved a goal of "a narrow allocation, even on a shared basis in the
vicinity of 5 MHz." Winning an allocation at 5 MHz--even on a domestic
basis--could take several years. Securing an international allocation will
be more difficult and take even longer. Consideration of an allocation at 5
MHz is not on the agenda for WRC-03 nor on the preliminary agenda for
WRC-05/06.

A review of FCC-related issues dominated the May 5 Executive Committee
session in Dallas. In other matters, the Executive Committee was told that
an FCC Notice of Proposed Rule Making still is expected soon in response to
the ARRL's petition, RM-9404, seeking Amateur Radio access to the
low-frequency spectrum. Filed in late 1998, the ARRL petition asks the FCC
to establish LF allocations in the vicinity of 136 kHz and between 160 and
190 kHz. 

ARRL General Counsel Chris Imlay, W3KD, also told the Committee that the
ARRL's Application for Review that seeks to clarify the FCC's PRB-1 limited
preemption policy with respect to amateur antennas is pending before the
full Commission. The ARRL wants the full Commission to review--and
reverse--an FCC staff decision declining to extend PRB-1 coverage to include
CC&Rs--covenants, conditions and restrictions. The EC agreed to request an
en banc presentation to the full FCC this fall, after new Commission
appointees have been seated.  

The Committee also was told that favorable FCC action is anticipated on a
petition seeking to upgrade Amateur Radio's status from secondary to primary
at 2400 to 2402 MHz. The ARRL recently renewed a longstanding request that
the FCC elevate Amateur Radio from secondary to primary at 2300 to 2305 MHz.
The minutes of the ARRL Executive Committee meeting in Dallas are available
on the ARRL Web site, http://www.arrl.org/announce/ec_minutes_466.html.



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Horacio A. Nigro
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