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.
