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QRZ Forums - Amateur Radio News for Friday 30 November 2012
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/////////////////////////////////////////// Amateur Radio Newsline Report 1842 November 30 2012 Posted: 29 Nov 2012 09:28 PM PST http://forums.qrz.com/showthread.php...2&goto=newpost Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Amateur Radio Newsline Report 1842 November 30 2012 Attention bulletin stations. Please note that this is an extended Amateur Radio Newsline report and contains three breaks. Thank you. Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1842 with a release date of November 30, 2012 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1. The following is a QST. The FCC issues a rule making proposal aimed at implementing the 2007 World Radiocommunications Accords; the NTSB says it wants to end all kinds of distracted driving; South Africas ham radio community is told it will have to re-apply for their licenses and the 8th Global Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Conference is called a major success. Find out the details are on Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1842 coming your way right now. (Billboard Cart Here) ** RESTRUCTURING: FCC PROPOSES IMPLEMENTING 2007 WRC ACCORDS The FCC has issued ET Docket 12-338 that if passed as written is pretty good news for ham radio. Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF, is in the newsroom with the details: -- ET Docket 12-338 released on Tuesday, November 20th proposes modify the rules governing a number of communications services for amateur radio which falls under Part 97 of its rules, the proposed changes are quite positive. Starting at the low end of the electromagnetic spectrum and working our way up, Docket 12-338 proposes the creation of a permanent albeit shared allocation from 135.7-137.8 kHz with a power output of 1 watt effective radiated power to an isotropic radiator. To those who have never heard the term isotropic radiator, this is a theoretical point source of electromagnetic waves that emits the same intensity of radiation in all directions. Translated into everyday language it really means hams will only be able to transmit a few hundred milliwatts of power if that. Now going up a few hundred kilohertz to the 160 mter band. That where Docket 12-338 proposes to change the Amateur Radio Service allocation to make 1800 through 2000 kHz a primary amateur service allocation. By way of background, historically, the 1715 to 2000 kHz band was allocated exclusively to the Amateur Service. In 1953, the FCC removed the 1715 to 1800 kHz segment from the Amateur Radio Service and allocated the 1800 to 2000 kHz band to the Amateur Service on a shared basis with the Radionavigation Service. Then in 1983, the FCC allocated the 1800 to 1900 kHz band to the Amateur Service on an exclusive basis and the 1900 to 2000 kHz band to the Radiolocation Service on a primary basis and to the Amateur Service on a secondary basis. Lastly, in the WRC-07 Table Clean-Up Order, the FCC combined the 10 to 10.45 GHz and 10.45 to 10.5 GHz bands in the Federal Table of Allocations. In doing so, the frequency band was inadvertently not changed to 10 to 10.5 GHz. To fix this the FCC will revise the text of three footnotes that pertain to this spectrum by adding the existing Amateur-Satellite Service allocation to the list of permitted non-federal services. It will also order that non-federal stations in the Radiolocation Service not cause harmful interference to the Amateur Service in the 10 to 10.5 GHz band. As we said, its pretty good news for ham radio here in the USA. From the studio in Los Angeles, Im Bill Pasternak, WA6ITF. -- If approved as written, these changes will implement allocation decisions from the 2007 World Radiocommunication Conference that concern those portions of the radio frequency spectrum between 108 MHz and 20.2 GHz by making specific updates to the rules in this frequency range. You can download the full text of ET Docket 12-338 at as a Word document at tinyurl.com/proposed-wrc-changes (FCC) ** RADIO LAW: NTSB VS CEA ON DISTRACTED DRIVING AND DISTRACTED TRANSIT The National Transportation Safety Board wants to eliminate all driver distraction and is broadening its focus on the use of portable electronic devices in all types of vehicles. The issue is part of the NTSBs recently released 2013 Most Wanted List. Amateur Radio Newslines Norm Seeley, KI7UP, is here with the details: -- While acknowledging that distracted driving didnt begin when people began making calls or texting in the car, the National Transportation Safety Board still says that portable electronic devices that do not directly support the task at hand have no place in any vehicles. This includes automobiles planes, trains, and just about any other vessel you might be able to think of. As such it argues that states and regulators can set the proper tone by banning the nonessential use of such devices in all areas of transportation. The NTSB says that young drivers are more likely to use portable electronic devices while behind the wheel and therefore are especially at risk. It urges that laws, education, and enforcement efforts should place special emphasis on curbing the use of portable electronic devices by these younger drivers. The NTSB goes on to say that companies should develop and vigorously enforce policies to eliminate distractions. It also says that manufacturers can assist by developing technology that disables these devices when in reach of operators. But the NTSB has some strong opposition from the Consumer Electronics Association or CEA. That organization says that while it applauds the effort, it also notes that the NTSB misses the mark on the use of portable electronics in vehicles. It says that calling for an abstinence only approach, the NTSB ignores established realities of human behavior. It also claims that in-vehicle technology when used correctly can make for vastly safer roadways. The CEA says that rather than calling for broad regulations or outright bans, policymakers should encourage the use of the many innovative driver safety technologies coming on to the marketplace. The CEA notes that it has already forwarded the NTSB a list of third-party applications that promote safe use of portable technologies in the automobile. How any of this might affect mobile or even hand held pedestrian portable operations in the future by ham radio operators and other users of two-way radio is at this time unknown. But the NTSB stand seems to be that any and all forms of distraction must be removed from the publics hands while in transit. And thats not likely to sit well with the public at large. For the Amateur Radio Newsline, Im Norm Seeley, KI7UP. In Scottsdale, Arizona. -- It should be noted that the National Transportation Safety Board is an independent body that has no authority to enact transportation policy, nor to force the federal government to make transportation policy changes. However it makes recommendations to governments, industry and the public and uses its Most Wanted list as a way to highlight changes that it is advocating. (RW) ** WORLDBEAT: ALL RADIO SOUTH AFRICAN AMATEURS WILL HAVE TO REAPPLY FOR THEIR LICENSES All South African radio amateurs are going to have to reapply for their licenses. This is according to the South African Radio League which says its liaison committee met with that nations telecommunications regulatory body Independent Communications Authority of South Africa. At that meeting the national society learned that following an audit by the Auditor General, that the communications regulator has been instructed to implement regulation 15 of the nations Radio Frequency Spectrum Regulations. This is a law that stipulates that an amateur radio license can only be renewed for up to five years after which a new application has to be submitted. Because of this, all South Africa licensed radio amateurs will be required to re-apply for a license for the period of April 1st 2013 through March 31st 2018. The South Africa Radio League says that the details as to how this will be accomplished are expected to be made public in the next few weeks. Until that time, South African hams should do nothing. As soon as information is made available the South Africa Radio League announce it via its news bulletin service system and make forms available on its website at www.sarl.org.za. (SARL, ICASA) ** BREAK 1 From the United States of America, We are the Amateur Radio Newsline, heard on bulletin stations around the world including WMRP FM on 104.7 MHz serving FlintMichigan. (5 sec pause here) ** RESCUE RADIO: GAREC 2012 DEEMED A MAJOR SUCCESS The 8th Global Amateur Radio Emergency Communications Conference also known as GAREC 2012 was held recently in Port Dickson, Malaysia. We have an updated report on what transpired at that gathering from WIA Newsman Graham Kemp, VK4BB: |
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