[600MRG] FCC Proposes to Permit Amateur Access to 2200 and 630 Meters

[James Hollander]

Thanks, Ralph W0RPK for starting this thread, and Eric NO3M for pointing to FCC on ON4KST reflector. 73, Jim W5EST 
See some non-exhaustive pointers to amateur-interesting materialat  http://www.fcc.gov.  Scroll down and click at  the 4/27/15 entry at left on "implementation-world-radiocommunication-conferences-wrc-07-wrc-12."  FCC Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: 2200m and630m bands. Get PDF, see pp. 9-20, 58-64, 103, 105, 211, 222-223, and 251-253,255. 
 
   472-479 kHz band (630 meter band) proposed for US amateur service on a secondary basis limited to 5W EIRP. [p. 58]except 1W EIRP for the portion of Alaska within 800 km (497mi) of Russia. [p.59] FCCproposes amateur stations separated from transmission lines by a specifieddistance, limits on EIRP and antenna heights, and fixed locations only.[p.61,251-3.] FCC is asking amateurs technical questions. [p. 62-66, para. 171-172,175-181]  PLC systems are limited to use on transmission lines and, consequently, are not present in most residential neighborhoods where amateur licensees live. [p.60] Among other questions, FCC asks how does an amateur identify a “transmission line.” [p. 63-64]
 
FYI Morse anddata stations are mentioned: New England Historical Radio Society: WNE 472kHz, bandwidth 160 Hz, 5 kW output Stoneham, MA; Globe Wireless: KFS 476 kHz,bandwidth 160Hz, 30 kW output, Palo Alto, CA; WNU 478 kHz, bandwidth 160 Hz,17.6 kW output Pearl River, LA. [p. 59-60]. Amateurs experiment with equipment,techniques, antennas, and propagation phenomena…no reports of harmfulinterference to the allocated radio services or to PLC systems fromexperimental amateur operations have been filed with the Commission or withNTIA.WD2XSH…authorizes experimental fixed stations42 locations, mobile <= 50 km of fixed locations 461-478 kHz, 495-510 kHz, 20W ERP (32.8 W EIRP) emissions 150HA1A, 62H0J2B, 62H0F1B, and 62H0G1D. 168,472hours on the air.[p.60]   

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