[600MRG] USA 630m Amateur Band Approval - Counter Viewpoint

[John Langridge]

Hi Mike,

I'm going to take a bit more optimistic view on the matter.    Your
role is to notify them of your intent to operate, not ask their
permission.  It's true that they can file an objection within 30-days
but I have seen nothing in the R & O to suggest that there is no right
to appeal.  At that point the burden of proof is on them to show why
you should be excluded.  They are going to spend as little money on
this as possible so getting into a protracted legal battle does not
help them reach that goal.

So the other question is this:  does your property allow you to
relocate your antenna?  There will no doubt be hair splitting if its
close.  If that makes you feel better, you should consider it.  I just
don't expect that it will be necessary, however.

Its all going to be OK...

73,

John


On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 11:27 AM, Michael Mussler
<mmussler at wispertel.net> wrote:
> Marshall & others,
> If I apply the horizontal distance rule (I’m on a fairly steep hillside) it looks like the center of my antenna lies about 600m from the center of the transmission line in question.
>
> Remarks I’ve seen on the 600m Reflector are optimistic that the distance rule would only prevent operation on 630m if a PLC system is in use on the transmission line in question. From my perspective:
>
> 1. The FCC has offloaded their communications regulatory responsibilities onto UTC, an entity of unknown background, resources or experience in these matters.
> 2. What is the financial incentive for UTC to take on this responsibility? I expect there would be none from amateur radio interests.
> 3. Assuming the answer to number 2 is little to none, then the expedient path of least resistance is for UTC to simply deny amateur operation inside the 1 km distance.
>
> It took five years following WARC 12 for the FCC to act on this measure when other first world countries authorized privileges almost immediately. There must have been significant objections to granting of amateur privileges on these frequencies in the US. This could be a means of denying the amateur radio privileges while officially not doing so. That smacks of politics, but I’d be really, really surprised if the outcome differs from this scenario in my situation.
>
> 73
> Mike
> AI8Z
> WD2XSH/12
>
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