can some one translate this in to plain english?
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From: "Ham Steve" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 2:19 PM
Subject: Sky Command Soon to be Legal


> 21. In the NPRM, in response to a request from Kenwood Communications
> Corporation, the Commission sought comment on whether it should revise
> Section 97.201(b) of the Commission's Rules96 to allow auxiliary stations 
> to
> transmit on the 2 m band above 144.5
> MHz, except 145.8-146.0 MHz,97 in addition to the frequency segments
> previously authorized.98
> In the NPRM, the Commission noted that there was no apparent basis to
> conclude that allowing
> auxiliary stations to transmit on the 2 m band would cause harmful
> interference to other stations'
> communications.99 It was also noted that user coordination would be
> possible, and that the
> additional frequency segments proposed for auxiliary station use do not
> affect the frequency
> segments currently authorized to automatically controlled beacon stations,
> space stations, Earth
> stations or those frequency segments that amateur radio operators have
> voluntarily agreed to use
> for simplex and weak signal communications.100 22. Decision. We agree with
> the commenters who support allowing the 2 m band to be used by auxiliary
> stations,101 because such use could result in the expansion of amateur
> service communication systems that incorporate voice over internet 
> protocol
> operations102 or other
> sophisticated amateur radio communications systems,103 enhance
> communications capabilities for emergency communications supporting 
> disaster
> relief efforts, ...Federal Communications Commission FCC 06-149 handheld
> transceivers.105 Additionally, we agree with ARRL and others who contend
> that
> allowing auxiliary stations to transmit on the 2 m band would provide
> amateur stations with additional flexibility to utilize remote control
> facilities.106 23. We disagree with the concern of one commenter that
> transmissions by auxiliary stations should only be allowed on the UHF 
> bands
> because these transmissions may "consume a
> frequency for hours on end."107 There is no rule limiting the length of 
> time
> an amateur station may engage in communications on a particular frequency
> and amateur stations have the ability to switch among numerous channels 
> when
> one channel is in use, thereby minimizing interference among stations.
> Likewise, we do not believe the fact that other frequency bands already 
> are
> approved for auxiliary stations108 provides a sufficient reason alone to
> maintain the restriction prohibiting auxiliary stations from transmitting 
> on
> the 2 m band. In this regard, we note that auxiliary stations were limited
> to bands above 220 MHz in order to minimize the possibility of harmful
> interference to other amateur service operations, particularly weak signal
> activity, an outcome some commenters believe may still occur.109 We note,
> however, that other commenters argue that additional interference, if any,
> from allowing auxiliary stations to transmit on the 2 m band would only be
> "slight" in areas of the country where large segments of the 2 m band are
> underutilized110 or where unused spectrum is available in the 2 m band to
> permit auxiliary station
> operation.111 We agree with these commenters and note that under our 
> current
> rules, willful interference is prohibited.112 In addition, we believe that
> other safeguards such as voluntary frequency coordination and the
> requirement in the Commission's rules that stations use the minimum
> necessary power for the auxiliary link also minimize the possibility of
> harmful interference between auxiliary stations and other amateur
> stations.113 We also agree that in areas where segments of the 2 m band 
> are
> underutilized or spectrum is otherwise available, interference is 
> unlikely.
> We conclude, based on the above, that we no longer need to limit auxiliary
> stations to amateur service bands above 220 MHz. Accordingly, we amend
> Section 97.201(b), as proposed, to allow auxiliary stations to transmit on
> the 2 m band.
>
> Steve, K8SP
>
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