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Amateur Operator Groups Support Proposed Baud Rate Changes

The American Radio Relay League said there's unanimous support in favor of changes the FCC proposed in November that address limits on the baud rate for amateur communications (see 2311130066). The Further NPRM considers removing the baud rate limit in…

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the 2200 meter and 630 meter bands, as well as in the VHF and UHF bands. ARRL supports "deletion of the symbol (baud) rate limitations on the subject bands as proposed, and also requested that the Commission delete the existing bandwidth limits on those same bands,” said a filing posted Tuesday in docket 16-239. “Those submitting comments overwhelmingly supported both actions," ARRL said. The Amateur Radio Digital Communications, which advocates on behalf of amateur operators, also backed the FCC's proposed changes. “New data transmission techniques using advanced modulation methods already present in the commercial world, when applied to amateur radio, are constrained by these limits and often cannot be implemented in the amateur radio service,” the group said.