As you would expect, the new rules will only be effective 30 days after
publication in the Federal Register. But reports already are surfacing of hams
transmitting in the new band (i.e., off the current channel of 5358.5 kHz).
Compliance is especially important because the Commission is allowing us to
come back with a better case for allowing 100 watts (instead of 9.5 watts) ERP
in the new 5351.5-5366.5 new band. We don’t want our federal opponents in this
matter to be able to document cases of amateur non-compliance by showing up in
the new band before permitted.
Chris WB5ITTTrustee W5APXWRXZ789 GMRSSociety of Broadcast Engineers Vice
Chairman and Frequency Coordinator, SBE134 SE TX and SW LA
On Thursday, December 11, 2025 at 12:55:26 PM CST, Scott Little via BVARC
<[email protected]> wrote:
On 12/11/25 13:40, Chris Medlin via BVARC wrote:
This is Gen,Adv, Extra; allocated for Phone (LSB), RTTY, Data; 2.8kHz max
bandwidth. And I believe the secondary basis and power limitations still apply,
but again, see the official document in the link above to cover anything I
missed.
I believe that the power limit in the non-channelized band is much lower, 9.15W
ERP (Paragraph 43, Power), so QRP only.
Scott KI5WLJ
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