See below.



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Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 1:59 PM
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Subject: ARLB002 New Rules for 5 MHz (60 Meters) To Go Into Effect 
March 5

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ARLB002 New Rules for 5 MHz (60 Meters) To Go Into Effect March 5

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ARRL Bulletin 2  ARLB002
>From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT  February 3, 2012
To all radio amateurs

SB QST ARL ARLB002
ARLB002 New Rules for 5 MHz (60 Meters) To Go Into Effect March 5

On November 18, the FCC released a Report and Order (R&O), defining 
new
rules for the 60 meter (5 MHz) band. These rules are in response to a
Petition for Rulemaking (PRM) filed by the ARRL more than five years 
ago and
a June 2010 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM). In the February 3 
edition
of the Federal Register, the FCC announced that these new rules will 
go into
effect on March 5, 2012.

Details can be found at,
https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2012/02/03/2012-2477/amateur-radio-
use-of-the-allocation-at-5-mhz

In summarizing the new rules, the FCC explained that the new rules 
amend the
current rules to facilitate more efficient and effective use by the 
Amateur
Radio Service of five channels in the
5330.5-5406.4 kHz band (the 60 meter band): "Specifically, and 
consistent
with our proposals in the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in this 
proceeding,
the Commission replaces one of the channels with a less encumbered 
one,
increases the maximum authorized power amateur stations may transmit 
in this
band and authorizes amateur stations to transmit three additional 
emission
designators. The Commission also adopts an additional operational rule 
that
prohibits the use of automatically controlled digital stations and 
makes
editorial revisions to the relevant portions of the Table of Frequency
Allocations and our service rules."

The Amateur Radio Service in the United States has a secondary 
allocation on
60 meters. Only those amateurs who hold General, Advanced or Amateur 
Extra
class licenses may operate on this band.
Amateur stations must not cause harmful interference to -- and must 
accept
interference from -- stations authorized by any administration in the 
fixed
service, as well as mobile (except aeronautical mobile) stations 
authorized
by the administrations of other countries.
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