[600MRG] Dealing with the FCC

[Warren]

I'm with Fritz 100%, there is a good chance that even a well intentioned 
push by amateurs not familiar with the bureaucracy and knowledge of the 
background dealings could end up backing the FCC into a corner and they 
would take the safe way out and deny the petition.  It would then be a long 
time (a decade or more) before the question could be revisited after it was 
turned down.

73 Warren

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Frederick Raab" <w1fr at gmrr.biz>
To: <600mrg at w7ekb.com>; <f.raab at ieee.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2015 9:02 PM
Subject: [600MRG] Dealing with the FCC


> March 25, 2015
>
> Gentlemen:
>
>     As you know, the ARRL petitioned the FCC to consider a 630-meter ham
> band a few months after it was approved at WRC-12.  The FCC basically said
> something like "We will respond to your petition, but it is not a
> priority."  This leaves us hanging.
>
>     It is best to let the ARRL deal with this sort of thing.  Why?  If
> someone files a petition and the FCC denies, then that subject is not 
> going
> to get reconsidered any time soon (years).  This means we have to deal 
> with
> them very carefully and to be patient.
>
>     With over 100kh logged and no interference complaints, we have
> certainly proved that we can use the band without causing problems.  Every
> experimental station that gets on the air helps the cause.
>
>     So the bottom line:  Please be patient, don't make waves, and keep
> operating.
>
> 73, Fritz, W1FR
> 500-kHz Experiment Coordinator
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