The FCC should reallocate the 135.7-137.8 kHz band to use...
The FCC should reallocate the 135.7-137.8 kHz band to use by amateur radio operators, the American Radio Relay League said in comments on a Nov. 19 NPRM, which proposed changes to Parts 2 and 97 of FCC rules. The band…
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would be allocated on a secondary basis under the proposal. The FCC also proposed giving amateur radio operators primary use of the 1900-2000 kHz band, which they can now use on a less protected secondary basis. “The subject of an LF [low frequency] allocation for the Amateur Radio Service has a long history at the Commission,” ARRL said (http://bit.ly/VIMrUu). “To date, however, the Commission has not created one. Presently, the lowest domestic frequency allocation for the Amateur Service ... is at 1800-2000 kHz. There is an Amateur Radio allocation in all other areas of the radio spectrum, providing for experimentation in virtually all types of radio frequency communications.” ARRL also sought primary status in the 1900-2000 kHz band. The FCC notes in the NPRM: “Federal use of the 1900-2000 kHz band is ‘light,’ and that there are only 10 assignments authorizing Federal operations of any type in this band,” ARRL said.