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Effective July 13, 2010.
75 FR 27200
27200-27205
FCC 10-38
2010-11385
https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2010-11385
This document revises the Amateur Radio Service rules to make certain non-substantive revisions to these rules. The rules are necessary to amend the amateur service rules or conform them to prior Commission decisions. The effect of this action is to enhance the usefulness of the amateur service rules by making them conform with other Commission rules, thereby eliminating licensee confusion when applying the rules to amateur service operations.
This is a summary of the Commission's Order (Order), adopted March 11, 2010, and released March 16, 2010. The full text of this document is available for inspection and copying during normal business hours in the FCC Reference Center, 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554. The complete text may be purchased from the Commission's copy contractor, Best Copy and Printing, Inc., 445 12th Street, SW., Room CY-B402, Washington, D.C. 20554. The full text may also be downloaded at: http://www.fcc.gov. Alternative formats are available to persons with disabilities by sending an e-mail to fcc504@fcc.gov or by calling the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202-418-0530 (voice), 202-418-0432 (tty).
1. By this action, we are amending the amateur service rules to revise 47 CFR 97.313(c) to limit Novice Class operators and Technician Plus Class operators to two hundred watts peak envelope power when these licensees are the control operator of a station transmitting in the segments of the 80, 40, 15, and 10 meter bands in which they may control an amateur station.
2. Also, by this action, we are also amending the amateur service rules to revise 47 CFR 97.301 and 97.303 related to the 40m, 60 m, 70 cm, and 9 cm bands to conform to the Table of Frequency Allocations in part 2 of our rules, and to references within the relevant sections of our rules. We also revise the frequency sharing requirements in 47 CFR 97.303 to limit the summary to those frequency bands that are allocated to the amateur service on a secondary basis, and to present the requirements more clearly.
3. In addition, we move transmitter power limit information that applies to stations transmitting a spread spectrum emission from 47 CFR 97.303(s) to 47 CFR 97.313, Transmitter power standards. Finally, we amend 47 CFR 97.103(c) to delete the cross-reference to 47 CFR 0.314(x), which was removed in 1999; and we remove the entry “1260-1270 MHz” from 47 CFR 97.207(c), which lists the frequency bands authorized to amateur space stations, because footnote 5.282 to the Table limits the use of that segment to earth station transmissions.
4. In the Order, we amend the amateur service rules to conform them to previous Commission decisions. The amended rules apply exclusively to individuals who are licensees in the Amateur Radio Service. Such amendments are in the public interest because they will clarify and conform the amateur service rules to other parts of the Commission's rules and previous decisions. The rule changes do not result in any mandatory change in manufactured amateur radio equipment or have any impact on business entities because such entities are not eligible for licensing in the amateur service. Therefore, we certify that the rules reflected in this Order will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.
5. The amended rules are set forth below, effective July 13, 2010.
6. This Order and the rule amendments are issued under the authority contained in 47 U.S.C. 154(i) and (j), 303(r) and 403.
7. The Commission's Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, Reference Information Center, SHALL SEND a copy of this Order, including the Initial Start Printed Page 27201and Final Regulatory Flexibility Certifications, to the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration.
Start Amendment Part2. Section 97.103 is amended by revising paragraph (c) to read as follows:End Amendment Part
§ 97.103 Station licensee responsibilities.
Start Amendment Part3. Section 97.207 is amended by revising paragraph (c)(2) to read as follows:End Amendment Part
§ 97.207 Space station.
(c) * * * (2) The 7.0-7.1 MHz, 14.00-14.25 MHz, 144-146 MHz, 435-438 MHz, 2400-2450 MHz, 3.40-3.41 GHz, 5.83-5.85 GHz, 10.45-10.50 GHz, and 24.00-24.05 GHz segments.
Start Amendment Part4. Section 97.301 is revised to read as follows:End Amendment Part
§ 97.301 Authorized frequency bands.
Wavelength bandITU region 1ITU region 2ITU region 3Sharing requirements see § 97.303 (paragraph)VHFMHzMHzMHz6 m50-5450-54(a)2 m144-146144-148144-148(a), (k)1.25 m219-220(l)Do222-225(a)
UHFMHzMHzMHz 70 cm430-440420-450430-440(a), (b), (m)33 cm902-928(a), (b), (e), (n)23 cm1240-13001240-13001240-1300(b), (d), (o)13 cm2300-23102300-23102300-2310(d), (p)Do2390-24502390-24502390-2450(d), (e), (p)
SHFGHzGHzGHz 9 cm3.3-3.53.3-3.5(a), (b), (f), (q)5 cm5.650-5.8505.650-5.9255.650-5.850(a), (b), (e), (r)3 cm10.0-10.510.0-10.510.0-10.5(a), (b), (k)1.2 cm24.00-24.2524.00-24.2524.00-24.25(b), (d), (e)
EHFGHzGHzGHz 6 mm47.0-47.247.0-47.247.0-47.2 4 mm76-8176-8176-81(c), (f), (s)2.5 mm122.25-123.00122.25-123.00122.25-123.00(e), (t)2 mm134-141134-141134-141(c), (f)1 mm241-250241-250241-250(c), (e), (f) Above 275Above 275Above 275(f)
Wavelength bandITU region 1ITU region 2ITU region 3Sharing requirements see § 97.303 (paragraph)MFkHzkHzkHz160 m1810-18501800-20001800-2000(a), (c), (g)
HFMHzMHzMHz 80 m3.500-3.6003.500-3.6003.500-3.600(a)75 m3.600-3.8003.600-4.0003.600-3.900(a)Start Printed Page 2720260 mSee § 97.303(h)(h)40 m7.000-7.2007.000-7.3007.000-7.200(i)30 m10.100-10.15010.100-10.15010.100-10.150(j)20 m14.000-14.35014.000-14.35014.000-14.35017 m18.068-18.16818.068-18.16818.068-18.16815 m21.000-21.45021.000-21.45021.000-21.45012 m24.890-24.99024.890-24.99024.890-24.99010 m28.000-29.70028.000-29.70028.000-29.700
HFMHzMHzMHz 80 m3.525-3.6003.525-3.6003.525-3.600(a)75 m3.700-3.8003.700-4.0003.700-3.900(a)60 mSee § 97.303(h)(h)40 m7.025-7.2007.025-7.3007.025-7.200(i)30 m10.100-10.15010.100-10.15010.100-10.150(j)20 m14.025-14.15014.025-14.15014.025-14.150Do14.175-14.35014.175-14.35014.175-14.35017 m18.068-18.16818.068-18.16818.068-18.16815 m21.025-21.20021.025-21.20021.025-21.200Do21.225-21.45021.225-21.45021.225-21.45012 m24.890-24.99024.890-24.99024.890-24.99010 m28.000-29.70028.000-29.70028.000-29.700
HFMHzMHzMHz 80 m3.525-3.6003.525-3.6003.525-3.600(a)75 m3.800-4.0003.800-3.900(a)60 mSee § 97.303(h)(h)40 m7.025-7.1257.025-7.1257.025-7.125(i)Do7.175-7.2007.175-7.3007.175-7.200(i)30 m10.100-10.15010.100-10.15010.100-10.150(j)20 m14.025-14.15014.025-14.15014.025-14.150Do14.225-14.35014.225-14.35014.225-14.35017 m18.068-18.16818.068-18.16818.068-18.16815 m21.025-21.20021.025-21.20021.025-21.200Do21.275-21.45021.275-21.45021.275-21.45012 m24.890-24.99024.890-24.99024.890-24.99010 m28.000-29.70028.000-29.70028.000-29.700
(e) For a station having a control operator who has been granted an operator license of Novice Class, Technician Class, or Technician Plus Class:Start Printed Page 27203
Wavelength bandITU region 1ITU region 2ITU region 3Sharing requirements see § 97.303 (paragraph)HFMHzMHzMHz80 m3.525-3.6003.525-3.6003.525-3.600(a)40 m7.025-7.1257.025-7.1257.025-7.125(i)15 m21.025-21.20021.025-21.20021.025-21.20010 m28.0-28.528.0-28.528.0-28.5
VHFMHzMHzMHz 1.25 m222-225(a)
UHFMHzMHzMHz 23 cm1270-12951270-12951270-1295(d), (o)
Start Amendment Part5. Section 97.303 is revised to read as follows:End Amendment Part
§ 97.303 Frequency sharing requirements.
The following paragraphs summarize the frequency sharing requirements that apply to amateur stations transmitting in the frequency bands specified in § 97.301 of this part. Each frequency band allocated to the amateur service is designated as either a secondary service or a primary service. A station in a secondary service must not cause harmful interference to, and must accept interference from, stations in a primary service.
(3) No amateur station may transmit unless the licensee has given written notification of the station's specific geographic location for such Start Printed Page 27204transmissions in order to be incorporated into a database that has been made available to the public. The notification must be given at least 30 days prior to making such transmissions. The notification must be given to: The American Radio Relay League, Inc., 225 Main Street, Newington, CT 06111-1494.
(1) No amateur station shall transmit from north of Line A in the 420-430 MHz segment. See § 97.3(a) for the definition of Line A.
(2) Amateur stations transmitting in the 420-430 MHz segment must not cause harmful interference to, and must accept interference from, stations authorized by the FCC in the land mobile service within 80.5 km of Buffalo, Cleveland, and Detroit. See § 2.106, footnote US230 for specific frequencies and coordinates.
Note to § 97.303: The Table of Frequency Allocations contains the complete, unabridged, and legally binding frequency sharing requirements that pertain to the Amateur Radio Service. See 47 CFR 2.104, 2.105, and 2.106. The United States, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands are in Region 2 and other U.S. insular areas are in either Region 2 or 3; see Appendix 1 to part 97.
Start Amendment Part6. Section 97.305 is amended by revising the last entry in the table following paragraph (c) to read as follows:End Amendment Part
Wavelength bandFrequenciesEmission types authorizedStandards see § 97.307(f), paragraph: * * * * * * * Above 275 GHzMCW, phone, image, RTTY, data, SS, test, pulse(7), (8), and (12).
Start Amendment Part7. Section 97.313 is amended by revising paragraphs (c) introductory text and (c)(2) and adding paragraph (i) to read as follows:End Amendment Part
(2) On the 3.525-3.60 MHz, 7.025-7.125 MHz, 21.025-21.20 MHz, and 28.0-28.5 MHz segment when the control operator is a Novice Class, Technician Class, or Technician Plus Class operator; or
(i) No station may transmit with an effective radiated power (ERP) exceeding 50 W PEP on the 60 m band. For the purpose of computing ERP, the transmitter PEP will be multiplied by the antenna gain relative to a dipole or the equivalent calculation in decibels. A half-wave dipole antenna will be presumed to have a gain of 1. Licensees using other antennas must maintain in their station records either the antenna manufacturer data on the antenna gain or calculations of the antenna gain.
[FR Doc. 2010-11385 Filed 5-13-10; 8:45 am]