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ARLB054 2300 MHz news
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ARRL Bulletin 54 ARLB054
>From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT June 23, 1994
To all radio amateurs
SB QST ARL ARLB054
ARLB054 2300 MHz news
2300 MHz news
A proposed reallocation of 35 MHz of spectrum in the 2300 MHz band
goes against the will of Congress, the ARRL has told the FCC, and
existing and future amateur uses of that spectrum must be protected,
the League said in comments filed June 15, 1994.
The comments were in response to an FCC Notice of Inquiry (NOI),
released May 4, that asks for information from potential applicants
for use of the spectrum -- at 2300 to 2310 MHz, 2390 to 2400 MHz,
and 2402 to 2417 MHz. Amateurs currently share 2300 to 2310 MHz and
2390 to 2417 MHz with US government users.
The NOI is the result of a plan from the National Telecommunications
and Information Administration (NTIA) to transfer 50 MHz to private
users immediately, and another 150 MHz later, from spectrum now
allocated for federal government use.
The League first commented on the idea of frequency transfers in
1990, when the NTIA began a study of the entire domestic
telecommunications ''infrastructure.'' In 1992, the League responded
to an NTIA Notice of Inquiry, saying that continued or upgraded
access to 2300 MHz was crucial to future amateur uses, both
terrestrial and satellite.
The transfer of spectrum from federal government to private sector
use is required by the 1993 Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act; but
that Act also requires that the needs of amateurs be taken into
account.
The League told the FCC that ''there is no indication of any finding
or study, as required by statute'' (the Act) ''that the proposed
reallocation of the spectrum that amateurs currently share for
commercial use will be benign with respect to continued amateur
occupancy of the band.''
The League said that the FCC, in justifying other reductions in
amateur allocations between 220 and 2390 MHz, had implied that other
frequencies, including those now proposed to be affected, would
continue to be available to amateurs.
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