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Subj: FCC Report & Order on 'Smart Radios'
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AMSAT News Service Bulletin 086.04
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
March 27, 2005
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-086.04
The FCC has released a Report and Order (R&O) on cognitive or 'smart
radios'. In ET Docket 03-108, "Facilitating Opportunities for Flexible,
Efficient, and Reliable Spectrum Use Employing Cognitive Radio
Technologies", the Commission declined to adopt any new regulations for
Amateur Radio transceivers or for digital-to-analog converters (DACs)
"at this time."
The Commission was concerned about potential misuse of high speed DACs
and software defined radios (SDRs). The proposed rule-change would have
directly affected all radio amateurs, including those who would be using
Amateur Radio satellites in the future. One problem noted by AMSAT was
that limiting the transmission ability to amateur bands, prevents HF
software defined radios from being used as wideband IFs in conjunction
with transverters to access the microwave bands. Such transverters are
frequently used in connection with both terrestrial and satellite
applications for reception and transmission on various microwave bands.
AMSAT is very pleased to see the Commission continue to allow the
development and introduction of devices which have such high potential
to prove beneficial to radio amateurs and the general public.
The full text of AMSAT's comments can be found at
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/amsat-na/filings/et-03-108-comments.pdf
Dr. Perry Klein, W3PK, AMSAT Vice President, Government Liaison noted
that a lot of research and hard work went into getting these comments
filed with the FCC in a timely manner. Ray Soifer, W2RS and Bill Tynan,
W3XO were instrumental in helping pull these comments together along
with contributions from other AMSAT Board Members and Officers.
[ANS thanks Perry, W3PK for the above information]
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