[600MRG] Approval?

[John Langridge]

> You can find the "official" pronouncement on this matter at FCC.gov.

I do not have the direct link to that at this time, but it was posted here,
at least twice, some
time ago.

here is the public notice:
http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2017/db0915/DA-17-893A1.pdf





On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 3:47 PM, Kenneth G. Gordon <kgordon2006 at frontier.com>
wrote:

> On 8 Nov 2017 at 14:36, Chris - KC0TKS wrote:
>
> > So, what Dick posted is not true?
>
> I believe the problem word in Dick's missive is "preapproved". In my
> opinion, that statement
> is confusing.
>
> Here appears to be the deal: IFF the UTC sends you an approval, it appears
> that you are
> then approved ONLY for the site you requested. If you change locations,
> you must reapply
> to the UTC. I see nothing wrong with this.
>
> BUT....
>
> In point of fact, the FCC clearly stated that operation wherever you are,
> is permitted as long
> as you 1) have notified the UTC, and 2) you have NOT received an
> OBJECTION, or any
> other communication, from them within 30 days of your application.
>
> > I keep getting jerked back-and-forth, nowhere official to find the real
> > story?
>
> You can find the "official" pronouncement on this matter at FCC.gov.
>
> I do not have the direct link to that at this time, but it was posted
> here, at least twice, some
> time ago.
>
> Anyone? Brian, maybe? Friitz?
>
> I also suspect that the UTC, or some parts of it at least, are reading the
> FCC announcement
> much as some of us are: that is, if there is no objection, why should we
> bother to send an
> "approval"? It really isn't necessary. This is probably why I got my own
> "approval" LONG
> after the 30 days were up.
>
> And, BTW, I have a 13.6 KV power line running right down my alley, less
> than 50 feet from
> where my antenna will be.
>
> If there was an issue, they sure as heck wouldn't have waited until long
> after the 30 days to
> notify me!!!!
>
> From the foregoing, and from others' experiences which have been posted
> here, I can see
> absolutely no reason whatever preventing you from operating on both bands
> as soon as you
> are able.
>
> If you are thinking that it may happen that after you have invested time
> and money in
> building a station, and getting it on the air, the UTC may come along and
> boot you off, as I
> see it, they did not fulfill their part of the announcement from the FCC,
> therefore they are out
> of luck and have no recourse. You fulfilled YOUR part of the "agreement":
> they didn't...or in
> point of fact, they DID ... by not bothering to OBJECT, since there was no
> problem.
>
> Ken W7EKB
>
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