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ARLB029 FCC "Symbol Rate" Rule Making Proposal Open for Comment at Least Until
October

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ARRL Bulletin 29  ARLB029
> From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT  August 11, 2016
To all radio amateurs

SB QST ARL ARLB029
ARLB029 FCC "Symbol Rate" Rule Making Proposal Open for Comment at Least Until
October

In a July Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) in WT Docket 16-239, the FCC
proposed to revise the Amateur Service Part 97 rules in response to the ARRL's
so-called "Symbol Rate" Petition for Rule Making (RM-11708), filed in late
2013. The proceeding will remain open for public comment at least for another
60 days, since the NPRM has not yet appeared in The Federal Register, thus
starting the 60-day clock.

The NPRM can be found on the web in PDF format at,
http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2016/db0728/FCC-16-96A1
.pdf .

ARRL had asked the FCC to change the Part 97 rules to delete the symbol rate
limits in Part 97.307(f) and replace them with a maximum bandwidth for data
emissions of 2.8 kHz on amateur frequencies below 29.7 MHz.

In its NPRM, the FCC proposed to eliminate the current baud rate limitations
for data emissions, consistent with ARRL's Petition, but it declined to propose
a bandwidth limitation for data emissions in the MF and HF bands to replace the
baud rate limitations.

The official deadline to file comments will be announced when it becomes
available. The ARRL plans to comment in the proceeding.

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