ARRL Seeks Single Change to Baud Rate FNPRM
ARRL, which represents amateur radio operators, supported an order on operators’ long-standing request that the FCC address limits on the baud rate for amateur communications but asked for a single tweak to a Further NPRM. The item is set for…
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a commissioner vote Oct. 15 (see 2310250070). “The 219-220 MHz segment of the 1.25 meter VHF band is allocated to the Amateur Radio Service on a secondary basis solely for use by fixed point-to-point stations for forwarding digital messages,” said a filing posted Wednesday in docket 16-239: “There is no symbol rate limit associated with this segment, but there is a 100 kHz bandwidth limit. ... Inasmuch as comment will be solicited on bandwidth limits for the other amateur VHF bands, including the 222-225 MHz segment of the same 1.25 meter band, we request that the 219-220 MHz segment be included in the discussion for possible change.”