Right now, you can only transmit an auxilliary signal on 222MHz and above. 
The new rule will allow transmission on two meters.  The TS-2000 can then be 
remote controlled with the rig sending control signals on 2 meters, and the 
TS-2000 acknowledging them on 440.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "hank smith" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 10:05 PM
Subject: Re: Sky Command Soon to be Legal


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