Still, hope it is only temporary
Allen N5XZ -------- Original message --------From: Michael Smith <[email protected]> Date: 10/6/17 7:03 AM (GMT-06:00) To: Allen Brier N5XZ <[email protected]> Cc: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB <[email protected]>, tdxs-list <[email protected]>, [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Subject: Re: [tdxs-list] FW: Let’s keep this "temporary" - beware of today's FCC Waiver - just announced As one of the hams deployed to PR, I am very happy to see the waiver. N5TGL/KP4,Michael On Thu, Oct 5, 2017 at 11:50 PM, Allen Brier N5XZ <[email protected]> wrote: FYI de N5XZ: The appropriate thing to do is monitor and *document* the interference this activity will cause to other users/activity. ARRL will certainly argue to make the temporary order permanent based on a "lack of interference", etc. There must be countervailing evidence to prevent the "end run". ARRL, as a former administration, apparently believes that a crisis is an opportunity to advance unpopular policies. 73, ... Joe, W4TV From: Ted Rappaport N9NB [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2017 8:48 PM To: 'Jim Talens' <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected]; 'Don Greenbaum' <[email protected]>; 'Allen Brier N5XZ' <[email protected]>; 'Sam Leslie - W4PK' <[email protected]>; 'Jeff AC0C' <[email protected]>; 'Ron Kolarik' <[email protected]>; [email protected]; 'Dan White' <[email protected]>; 'Richard Thorne' <[email protected]>; 'Mark Sihlanick' <[email protected]>; 'Joe Subich, W4TV' <[email protected]>; [email protected]; 'Jim McDonald' <[email protected]>; 'Tom Morrison' <[email protected]>; 'Zoya Popovic' <[email protected]>; 'Terry Gerdes Cell' <[email protected]>; 'Ed Muns' <[email protected]>; [email protected]; 'Dick Hanson K5AND' <[email protected]>; 'Scott Yost' <[email protected]>; 'Jim George' <[email protected]>; 'Paul Stroud' <[email protected]>; 'Dick Hanson K5AND' <[email protected]>; [email protected] Subject: Lets keep this "temporary" - beware of today's FCC Waiver - just announced We must do all we can to ensure this "temporary" order is only temporary- 60 days----and let's hope it does some actual good for those suffering in the Caribbean. Let us all beware of those at the league who have data ambitions that aim to push for FCC rules that would allow wideband encrypted modems like Pactor 3 and 4 to overtake today's narrowband modes. Please spread the word. And.........Beware. 73 ted N9NB---------- From ARRL Newsletter: FCC Grants Temporary Waiver to Permit Higher Symbol Rate Data Transmissions The FCC has granted an ARRL request to waive current Amateur Radio rules to permit data transmissions at a higher symbol rate than currently permitted, in order to facilitate hurricane relief communications between the continental US and Puerto Rico. The temporary waiver is limited to Amateur Radio operators in Puerto Rico using PACTOR 3 and PACTOR 4 emissions, and to those radio amateurs in the continental US who are directly involved with HF hurricane relief communications involving Puerto Rico or the US Virgin Islands, the Commission said. "We conclude that granting the requested waiver is in the public interest," the FCC said in its October 5 Order. "Hurricane Maria caused massive destruction in Puerto Rico, and communication services continue to be disrupted. Thus, to accommodate Amateur Radio operators assisting in the recovery efforts, we grant the ARRL's waiver request for the period of 60 days from the date of this Order." ARRL explained in its waiver petition that it's shipping five PACTOR radio modems to Puerto Rico for use in connection with Hurricane Maria disaster relief communications. The League asked the FCC to temporarily allow PACTOR 3 and PACTOR 4 transmissions that exceed the current symbol rate limitations under § 97.307(f) of the Amateur Service rules. Under the current rules, "specified digital codes" in Part 97 may be used with a symbol rate that does not exceed 300 baud for frequencies below 28 MHz, with the exception of 60 meters, and 1200 baud in the 10 meter band. The baud rate limits were adopted in 1980, when the FCC amended Part 97 to specify ASCII as a permissible digital code. _________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe or modify your subscription options, please visit: https://lists.tdxs.net/mailman/options/tdxs-list/radion5tgl%40gmail.com
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