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ARLB013 Important Notice - New MF and LF Bands are Not Yet Available to Use!

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ARRL Bulletin 13  ARLB013
> From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT  May 5, 2017
To all radio amateurs

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ARLB013 Important Notice - New MF and LF Bands are Not Yet Available to Use!

The new 630-meter and 2200-meter bands are not yet available for Amateur Radio
use. The effective date of the recent FCC Report and Order (R&O) granting these
allocations has not yet been determined, and until the start date has been set,
it is not legal under an Amateur Radio license to transmit on either band.

The R&O can be found on the web in PDF format at,
https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-17-33A1.pdf .

The fact that the new rules contain a new information-collection requirement -
notification of operation to the United Telecoms Council (UTC) - complicates
the matter of determining an effective date. According to the FCC R&O, the
Office of Management and Budget (under the Paperwork Reduction Act) must first
approve the information-collection requirements in Part 97.303(g)(2), which
must
be in place before radio amateurs can use the new bands.

Once that happens, the FCC will publish a notice in The Federal Register
"announcing such approval and the relevant effective date."

ARRL will announce the UTC notification procedures and the effective date to
use these new bands as soon as these are known.

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