[STDS-802-16] Fwd: ***SEC Five Day Review*** RR-TAG Comments on FCC RM-11325, Amendment of Amateur Service Rules
Please note that the 802.18 Radio Regulatory TAG has submitted a
proposed document to the 802 EC for five-day review.
The source document can be found here:
http://ieee802.org/secmail/msg08193.html
The five-day review runs over the weekend. If you have comments,
please let me know as soon as possible.
Roger
>Dear SEC Members,
>
>Attached are comments that the RR-TAG proposes to file with the FCC. The
>subject of RM-11325 is "Amendment of the Amateur Service Rules to
>Facilitate Use of Spread Spectrum Communications Technology". The ARRL
>is requesting that the FCC remove the require for ATPC. ATPC is meant to
>insure that only the minimum required power to successfully communicate
>is used by amateur operators. While there are several frequency bands
>that the rule change would impact the one of greatest interest currently
>is the 2.4 GHz frequency band. It is feasible that, without the ATPC
>requirement, an amateur operator could radiate as much as 4 kW in that
>band. The amateurs make the argument that ATPC is too complicated to
>implement. That seems to contradict the widespread use of ATPC by a
>number of technologies. Additionally it was the amateurs that originally
>requested to use ATPC. The potential impact on unlicensed technologies
>in the 2.4 GHz band could be severe. The RR-TAG believes that ATPC can
>be implemented without imposing undue hardship on the amateur service.
>
>The RR-TAG developed these comments during its May interim in
>Jacksonville. A quorum was present and these comments were approved by a
>vote of 9 Yes, 0 No, 0 Abstain.
>
>The comment period for RM-11325 closes 30 May. I propose that the EC
>review begins today (24 May) and closes at midnight CDT 29 May.
>
>Regards,
>
>Mike
>
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