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Subj: FCC expands C-Band Part 15 allocation
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AMSAT News Service Bulletin 327.04 From AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD. November 23, 2003
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-327.04
The FCC has amended its Part 15 rules to make another 255 MHz of spectrum
available in the 5.470-5.725 GHz band for unlicensed National Information
Infrastructure (U-NII) devices, including Radio Local Area Network (RLAN)
devices. In its Report and Order (R&O) in ET Docket 03-122 released November
18, the FCC said it was taking the action to alleviate crowding in existing
allocations and to align U-NII bands in the US with bands elsewhere in the
world. The FCC turned down an ARRL request to keep U-NII devices out of the
5.650 to 5.670 GHz segment to avoid interference with the Amateur Satellite
Service. Amateur Radio has a secondary allocation from 5.650 to 5.925 GHz.
"We are not persuaded that we should either add or modify our proposed rules
as requested by ARRL," the FCC said, adding that its dynamic frequency
selection (DFS) and transmitter power control (TPC) requirements "will in
fact protect amateur operations," although they're not specifically designed
to do so.
[ANS thanks ARRL for the above information]
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