Amateur Radio Group Seeks Spectrum Allocation Consistent With WRC-15
ARRL, which represents amateur radio operators, asked the FCC to launch a rulemaking on a proposal to allocate 5351.5-5366.5 kHz to the Amateur Radio Service on a secondary basis. The 2015 World Radiocommunication Conference agreed to a change of the…
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international table of allocations to reflect the use of the spectrum by amateur radio operators, said ARRL, which is formally known as the American Radio Relay League. “Implementing the result of WRC-15 and allocating the band 5351.5-5366.5 kHz to the Amateur Radio Service on a secondary basis; retaining the four discrete channels at 5 MHz that are outside the proposed contiguous allocation; authorizing all amateurs of General Class or above to use the contiguous band; and adopting the power limit now applicable to the five channels at 5 MHz for the contiguous band, are in the public interest, convenience, and necessity,” ARRL said in a petition to the FCC.