<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Goodbye 3.4Ghz transverter!<br><br><div dir="ltr">David J DeVos - KF8QL<div>616-278-8068</div><div><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> ARRL Web site <memberlist@arrl.org><br><b>Date:</b> January 19, 2022 at 4:14:22 PM EST<br><b>To:</b> kf8ql@yahoo.com<br><b>Subject:</b> <b>ARLB005 Amateur Operation in 3.45 - 3.5 GHz Segment Must Cease by April 14, 2022</b><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><span>SB QST @ ARL $ARLB005</span><br><span>ARLB005 Amateur Operation in 3.45 - 3.5 GHz Segment Must Cease by</span><br><span>April 14, 2022</span><br><span></span><br><span>ZCZC AG05</span><br><span>QST de W1AW </span><br><span>ARRL Bulletin 5 ARLB005</span><br><span>From ARRL Headquarters </span><br><span>Newington CT January 19, 2022</span><br><span>To all radio amateurs </span><br><span></span><br><span>SB QST ARL ARLB005</span><br><span>ARLB005 Amateur Operation in 3.45 - 3.5 GHz Segment Must Cease by</span><br><span>April 14, 2022</span><br><span></span><br><span>The FCC has established April 14, 2022, as the date by which amateur</span><br><span>radio transmissions must stop in the upper 3.45 - 3.5 GHz segment of</span><br><span>the amateur secondary 9-centimeter band. Secondary operations are</span><br><span>permitted to continue indefinitely in the remainder of the band, 3.3</span><br><span>- 3.45 GHz, pending future FCC proceedings.</span><br><span></span><br><span>On January 14 the FCC released DA 22-39, which announces the results</span><br><span>of Auction 110 for the 3.45 - 3.55 GHz band. Release of this notice</span><br><span>triggered FCC rules adopted last year requiring that amateur radio</span><br><span>operations between 3.45 GHz and 3.5 GHz cease within 90 days of the</span><br><span>public notice.</span><br><span></span><br><span>DA 22-39 can be found online at,</span><br><span>https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-announces-winning-bidders-345-ghz-service-auction/attachment-a</span><br><span>.</span><br><span></span><br><span>In October 2021, ARRL President Rick Roderick, K5UR, urged Congress</span><br><span>to direct the FCC to preserve Amateur Radio's secondary use of the 3</span><br><span>GHz band in a written statement responding to H.R. 5378, the</span><br><span>Spectrum Innovation Act of 2021, before the US House Commerce</span><br><span>Communications and Technology Subcommittee.</span><br><span></span><br><span>A chronology of actions responding to amateur access on the 3.5 GHz</span><br><span>band can be found on the ARRL website at,</span><br><span>http://www.arrl.org/3-ghz-band .</span><br><span>NNNN</span><br><span>/EX</span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>