The amendment you cite below was part of a desperate, last-minute attempt to 
salvage RM-11306. A month after filing this amendment, the ARRL retracted 
RM-11306 in its entirely.

    73,

         Dave, AA6YQ

   
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The final ARRL petition didn't change the rules in 97.221 for automatic 
stations:
APPENDIX A – AMENDED March 22, 2007

PROPOSED RULE CHANGES

Part 97 of Chapter I of Title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulation is proposed 
to be amended as follows:

Section 97.3(a)(8) is amended to read as follows:

(8) Bandwidth. For a given class of emission, the width of the frequency band 
which is just sufficient to ensure the transmission of information at the rate 
and with the quality required under specified conditions (See the definition of 
Necessary Bandwidth in Section 2.1 of this Chapter and Section 97.101(a) of 
this Part). 

Section 97.3(a)(42) is amended to read as follows:

(42) Spurious Emission. For the purposes of this Part, emission on a frequency 
or frequencies which are outside the allocated frequency band and which may be 
reduced without affecting the corresponding transmission of information. 
Spurious emissions include harmonic emissions, parasitic emissions, 
intermodulation products and frequency conversion products.

Section 97.119 is amended to read as follows:  

§ 97.119  Station identification.

*****

(b)…

(1)  By a CW or MCW emission. When keyed by an automatic device used only for 
identification, the speed must not exceed 20 words per minute;

(2)  Where phone emissions are permitted, by a phone emission in the English 
language. Use of a standard phonetic alphabet as an aid for correct station 
identification is encouraged;

(3)  By the same emission as used for the communication.

(4)  (Deleted)



Section 97.305 is amended to read as follows:

§ 97.305  Authorized emission types.

*****

(b) A station may transmit a test emission on any frequency authorized to the 
control operator for brief periods for experimental purposes. Test 
transmissions are authorized in the segments 51-54 MHz, 144.1-148.0 MHz and on 
all bands above 222 MHz.

(c) Pulse emissions are permitted on all bands authorized to the control 
operator above 902 MHz except in the 23 cm and 3 cm bands.

(d) SS emissions are permitted on all bands authorized to the control operator 
above 222 MHz.
(e) A station may transmit the following emission types on the frequencies 
indicated, as authorized to the control operator, subject to the standards 
specified in § 97.307(f) of this part; except that on frequencies below 28.0 
MHz, a Station having a control operator holding a Novice Class or Technician 
Class operator license may only transmit a CW emission using the international 
Morse code. 


      Wavelength band  Frequencies
     Emission Types Authorized
     Standards, see §97.307(f), paragraph:
     
      MF:
     
     
     
     
      160 m
     Entire band
     RTTY, data
     (3)
     
      -do-
     -do-
     Phone, image
     (1), (2)
     
      HF:
     
     
     
     
      80 m
     Entire band
     RTTY, data
     (3)
     
      75 m
     Entire band
     Phone, image
     (1), (2)
     
      40 m
     7.000-7.125 MHz
     RTTY, data
     (3)
     
      40 m
     7.075-7.100 MHz
     Phone, image
     (1), (2), (4)
     
      40 m
     7.125-7.300 MHz
     Phone, image
     (1), (2)
     
      30 m
     Entire band
     RTTY, data
     (3)
     
      20 m
     14.00-14.15 MHz
     RTTY, data
     (3)
     
      -do-
     14.15-14.35 MHz
     Phone, image
     (1), (2)
     
      17 m
     18.068-18.110 MHz
     RTTY, data
     (3)
     
      -do-
     18.110-18.168 MHz
     Phone, image
     (1), (2)
     
      15 m
     21.0-21.2 MHz
     RTTY, data
     (3) 
     
      -do-
     21.20-21.45 MHz
     Phone, image
     (1), (2)
     
      12 m
     24.89-24.93 MHz
     RTTY, data
     (3)
     
      -do-
     24.93-24.99 MHz
     Phone, image
     (1), (2)
     



(f) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, a station may transmit any 
emission on any frequency authorized to the control operator subject to the 
following bandwidth limitations:

      Wavelength
      band
     Frequencies authorized
     Maximum bandwidth
     Standards 
      See §97.307(f) paragraph:
     
      10 m
     28.00-28.05 MHz
     200 Hz
     
     
      -do-
     28.05-28.120 MHz
     500 Hz
     
     
      -do-
     28.120-29.0 MHz
     3 kHz
     (5) 
     
      -do-
     29.0-29.7 MHz
     16 kHz
     
     
      6 m
     50.0-50.1 MHz
     200 Hz
     
     
      -do-
     50.1-50.3 MHz
     3 kHz
     
     
      -do-
     50.3-54 MHz
     100 kHz
     
     
      2 m
     144.0-144.1 MHz
     200 Hz
     
     
      -do-
     144.1-144.3 MHz
     3 kHz
     
     
      -do-
     144.3-148.0 MHz
     100 kHz
     
     
      1.25 m
     219-220 MHz
     100 kHz
     
     
      -do-
     222-225 MHz
     -
     (6)
     
      70 cm
     Entire band
     -
     (6)
     
      33 cm
     Entire band
     -
     (6)
     
      23 cm
     Entire band
     -
     (6)
     
      13 cm
     Entire band
     -
     (6)
     
      9 cm
     Entire band
     -
     (6)
     
      5 cm
     Entire band
     -
     (6)
     
      3 cm
     Entire band
     -
     (6)
     
      1.2 cm
     Entire band
     -
     (6)
     
      6 mm
     Entire band
     -
     (6)
     
      4 mm
     Entire band
     -
     (6)
     
      2.5 mm
     Entire band
     -
     (6)
     
      1 mm
     Entire band
     -
     (6)
     
      -
     Above 275 GHz
     -
     
     



Section 97.307(f) is amended to read as follows:

§ 97.307  Emission standards.

*****

(f) The following standards and limitations apply to transmissions on the 
frequencies specified in § 97.305(e) and (f) of this Part.

 (1) No angle-modulated emission may have a modulation index greater than 1 at 
the highest modulation frequency. 
(2) No non-phone emission shall exceed the bandwidth of a communications 
quality phone emission of the same modulation type. The total bandwidth of an 
independent sideband emission (having B as the first symbol), or a multiplexed 
image and phone emission, shall not exceed that of a communications quality A3E 
emission. 
(3) The bandwidth of a RTTY or data emission must not exceed 3 kHz.
(4) Phone and image emissions may be transmitted only by stations located in 
ITU Regions 1 and 3, and by stations located within ITU Region 2 that are west 
of 130° West longitude or south of 20° North latitude.
(5) The 3 kHz maximum bandwidth does not apply to double-sideband 
amplitude-modulated phone A3E emissions.

(6) No specific bandwidth limitations apply except that the entire emission 
must be within the allocated band to meet the requirements of §97.307(d).

Section 97.309 is amended to read as follows:

§ 97.309  RTTY and data emission codes.

(a) Where authorized by §97.305(e) and (f), an amateur station may transmit a 
RTTY or data emission using published digital codes for the purpose of 
facilitating communications.

(b) When deemed necessary by the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau to assure compliance 
with the FCC Rules, a station must:

(1) Restrict transmissions of any digital code to the extent instructed; and

(2) Maintain a record, convertible to the original information, of all digital 
communications transmitted."

73,

John
KD6OZH

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Dave AA6YQ 
  To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2010 23:24 UTC
  Subject: RE: [digitalradio] A closer look at ROS]]
   
  >>>AA6YQ comments below
   
  The current restrictions on automatic stations can stay in place with 
regulation by bandwidth so this shouln't be an impediment.

  >>>In the ARRL's proposal to regulate by bandwidth (RM-11306), the current 
restrictions on semi-automatic stations would have been eliminated. This and 
other aspects of the ARRL's proposal generated a large negative reaction, which 
resulted in the ARRL retracting its proposal before the FCC acted upon it.

   


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