The AM community needs to keep a close watch on this:
From The ARRL Letter, Vol 21, No 31
* ARRL technical relations manager participates in FCC workshop: ARRL
Technical Relations Manager Paul Rinaldo, W4RI, was a panelist August 5 at
the first of four public workshops held by the FCC's Spectrum Policy Task
Force. Other amateurs also took part. Co-chairing the session were Richard
Engelman, N4COP, of the FCC, and David Weinreich, WA2VUJ, of Globalstar. In
addition to Rinaldo, panelists included C.K. Toh of TRW; Ulrich Rohde,
KA2WEU, of Synergy Microwave; S. Merrill Weiss, K2MW, of Merrill Weiss
Group; Charles Trimble of the US GPS Industry Council; Steve Gillig of
Motorola; and Stephen Blust, W4SMB, of Cingular Wireless. "The panelists
were invited to give their views on spectrum efficiency, how it should be
defined, how to improve it, and what FCC rule or policy should be changed to
improve spectrum efficiency," Rinaldo said. "There were several themes of
value to the Amateur Services: some kind of receiver immunity
standards--particularly for consumer devices, global harmonization of
frequency bands and the need for some standards to facilitate sharing in
certain bands." According to Rinaldo, Rohde recommended that the FCC use the
Amateur Service more for experimentation and work with the ARRL and the ARRL
Lab. Rinaldo pointed out that ARRL has "a continuing dialog on interference
matters" with the FCC and has successfully cooperated with the Commission in
enforcement issues. More information on the FCC Spectrum Policy Task Force
workshops is available on the FCC Web site
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-02-1863A1.doc
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