ARRL Asks FCC to Reconsider Part of 3 GHz Order
ARRL asked the FCC to rethink an order removing the secondary allocation for the amateur service at 3.3-3.5 GHz, in a petition for reconsideration. The order is part of a broader item approved 5-0 by commissioners last month (see 2009300034).…
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“Amateur services in this band long have been operated on a secondary allocation status functionally similar to the de facto secondary status of Part 5 experimental licenses whose continued operation was (correctly) approved in this same proceeding,” said a petition posted Tuesday in docket 19-348. “Continued operation of amateur stations similarly should be permitted in the vacant portions of this spectrum that otherwise will go unused, subject to the same secondary status.”