[600MRG] Approval message ?

[John Andrews]

Jon,

As a number of us have been advising, there is no need to wait beyond 
the 30 days. The FCC never intended an "approval" process from UTC. 
That's something that UTC created itself, and it has no regulatory 
authority over us. The only thing that counts is a "denial" due to an 
active PLC in these frequency ranges on lines within 1 km. That denial 
must be issued within 30 days of your filing with them. Absent that, you 
are OK to go without looking over your shoulder!

John, W1TAG

On 10/22/2017 6:21 PM, Jon Schumacher wrote:
>  From what I can glean from the few approval-related messages for the 
> new bands, there are many of us still awaiting word.  I would like to 
> activate southern NV, but have "drug my feet" before proceeding.  We are 
> served by a genuine rural CO-OP in this area and I have a large 
> high-voltage line within about .6 km south of me.  I've done some 
> research locally and have found that power carrier systems have gone the 
> way of bell-bottom trousers.  The power lines here are controlled via 
> fiber optics these days and I have been informed by other hobbyist MF/LF 
> folks that power carrier in the MF range is extinct in both southern CA 
> and NV.
> 
> I have heard a number of CW signals in the 472-479 KHz band from W0, W5, 
> W7, and W6 so I think it is time to get going since it has been thirty 
> days _plus_ since I sent in my UTC request.  Ye gads, I even heard some 
> RTTY around 475 KHz a couple of nights ago.
> 
> See you soon on CW.
> 
>                                      Jon,  K1NV, Pahrump, Nevada
> 
> 
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