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   ARLB024 FCC Releases New Rules for 60 Meters   
      
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   ARRL Bulletin 24  ARLB024   
   From ARRL Headquarters     
   Newington CT  November 23, 2011   
   To all radio amateurs    
      
   SB QST ARL ARLB024   
   ARLB024 FCC Releases New Rules for 60 Meters   
      
   On November 18, the FCC released a Report and Order (R&O), defining   
   new rules for the 60 meter (5 MHz) band. These rules are in response   
   to a Petition for Rulemaking (PRM) filed by the ARRL more than five   
   years ago and a June 2010 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM). In   
   the R&O, the FCC replaced one of the channels in the band, increased   
   the maximum authorized power amateur stations may transmit in this   
   band and authorized amateur stations to transmit three additional   
   emission designators in the five channels in the 5330.6-5406.4 kHz   
   band (60 meters).   
      
   The Amateur Radio Service in the United States has a secondary   
   allocation on 60 meters. Only those amateurs who hold General,   
   Advanced or Amateur Extra class licenses may operate on this band.   
   Amateur stations must not cause harmful interference to -- and must   
   accept interference from -- stations authorized by any   
   administration in the fixed service, as well as mobile (except   
   aeronautical mobile) stations authorized by the administrations of   
   other countries.   
      
   PLEASE NOTE THAT THESE CHANGES HAVE NOT YET TAKEN EFFECT. These new   
   rules will take effect 30 days after they are published in the   
   Federal Register. The ARRL will announce on its website when the   
   rules are published.  Additional information can currently be found   
   on the web at,   
   http://www.arrl.org/news/fcc-releases-new-rules-for-60-meters.   
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