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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://transi   
   ion.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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