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<p>Since only 3450 to 3550 MHz will be reallocated at first, the
Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking discusses amateurs keeping
access to the lower portion of the band. See paragraphs 66 through
70. 3300 to 3400 MHz is suggested, but they're requesting comments
on exactly where the split should be.</p>
<p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-366780A1.pdf">https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-366780A1.pdf</a></p>
<p>Ron W6RZ<br>
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font-style: italic;">09/26/2020</span>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px;
outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background:
transparent; line-height: 1.5;">ARRL met via telephone
with FCC staff members this week to emphasize its
opposition to the FCC <i style="margin: 0px; padding:
0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align:
baseline; background: transparent;">Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking</i> (<strong style="margin: 0px; padding:
0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align:
baseline; background: transparent;"><i style="margin:
0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px;
vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent;"><a
href="https://ecfsapi.fcc.gov/file/121661888341/FCC-19-130A1.pdf"
style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;
outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;
background: transparent; cursor: pointer; color:
rgb(68, 102, 187);" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">NPRM</a></i></strong>) in
Docket 19-348 to delete amateur radio from the 3.3 – 3.5
GHz band. The FCC will take final action in the
proceeding when it meets on September 30.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px;
outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background:
transparent; line-height: 1.5;"><span style="margin:
0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px;
vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent;">In <a
href="https://ecfsapi.fcc.gov/file/1022206574631/ARRL%20WT%2019-348%20Comments_02_21_2020.pdf"
style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;
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transparent; cursor: pointer; color: rgb(68, 102,
187);" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true"><strong style="margin: 0px;
padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px;
vertical-align: baseline; background:
transparent;">comments</strong></a> filed earlier
this year, </span>ARRL urged that the secondary status
for amateur radio in the band be continued. In a series
of meetings with Commissioner legal advisors and staff
members, ARRL explained how continued secondary use by
radio amateurs will not impair or devalue use of this
spectrum by future primary licensees, including those
intending to provide 5G or other services. ARRL also
stressed the various public-benefit uses of the spectrum
by amateurs, including ongoing use of television and
mesh networks on the west coast of the US as part of
efforts to contain wildfires.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px;
outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background:
transparent; line-height: 1.5;"><span style="margin:
0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px;
vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent;">With
regard to interference potential, ARRL stated that
amateur radio operators using these bands are
technically proficient and have a long history of
sharing with primary users in this and other bands
without causing interference.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px;
outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background:
transparent; line-height: 1.5;"><span style="margin:
0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px;
vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent;">FCC
staff expressed concern that because amateur
operations in the band are less clearly defined than
those of other services also operating on a
non-interference in the band, they would be difficult
to locate should interference occur. ARRL Washington
Counsel David Siddall, K3ZJ, noted that Section
97.303(g), an existing amateur rule, could be amended
or used to craft a notification requirement, if the
FCC concluded that relying on other methods would be
insufficient. The FCC participants indicated that such
a requirement, in place of deleting the secondary
allocation, would be given serious consideration.
(Section 97.303(g) contains specific frequency-sharing
requirements for the 2200- and 630-meter amateur
bands.)</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px;
outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background:
transparent; line-height: 1.5;"><span style="margin:
0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px;
vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent;">Siddall
also pointed out that the Amateur Television Network
(ATN) filed an <a
href="https://ecfsapi.fcc.gov/file/10924040735543/ATN20FCC20Parte20Sept.2C%202020.pdf"
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moz-do-not-send="true"><strong style="margin: 0px;
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vertical-align: baseline; background:
transparent;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding:
0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align:
baseline; background: transparent;">email</span></strong></a> with
the Commission that included a letter from the
California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (</span><strong
style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;
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transparent;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;
border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;
background: transparent;"><a
href="https://www.caloes.ca.gov/" style="margin:
0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px;
vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent;
cursor: pointer; color: rgb(68, 102, 187);"
rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class=""
moz-do-not-send="true">Cal OES</a></span></strong><span
style="background: transparent; margin: 0px; padding:
0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align:
baseline;">)</span><span style="background:
transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;
outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> describing
amateur radio’s contributions, specifically calling
out the need for 3.4 GHz access and explaining why
other bands are not sufficient.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px;
outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background:
transparent; line-height: 1.5;"><span style="margin:
0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px;
vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent;">ARRL
also argued that, in any event, continued operation in
the band should be permitted until and unless an
actual potential for interference exists in a specific
geographic area. ARRL said the FCC should not
intentionally leave spectrum capacity unused during a
build-out period that the Commission’s own proposal
indicates will last for at least 12 years in some
areas.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px;
outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background:
transparent; line-height: 1.5;"><span style="margin:
0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px;
vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent;">The
record in the proceeding is now closed. Please be
reminded that there can be no calls, emails, or
filings to the FCC with regard to the issues under
consideration until a final FCC <i style="margin: 0px;
padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px;
vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent;">Report
and Order</i> and <i style="margin: 0px; padding:
0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align:
baseline; background: transparent;">Further Notice
of Proposed Rulemaking</i> is released. Release is
currently expected to be within a few days after the
Commission’s September 30 meeting. At that time, ARRL
will evaluate the impact on amateur radio of the
Commission’s decisions and consider what further
action, if any, may be merited.</span> <br>
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