(Moderator's Note: Only FCC Part 97 Amateur Radio related actions are shown below.)
Daily Digest

Vol. 35 No. 110 June 10, 2
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JAMES EDWIN WHEDBEE. Dismissed the Petitions. Action by: Deputy Chief,
Mobility Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau by LETTER. (DA No. 16
-645). WTB https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/at...A-16-645A1.doc
https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/at...A-16-645A1.pdf

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Amateur or Part 97 match found in contents linked at URL:

This is in response to the petitions for rulemaking that you filed on November 12, 2015,
and January 18, 2016. In the first petition, you request that the Commission amend part 97 of its
rules1 to permit amateur radio operators to conduct low-power experiments on amateur
frequencies without having to obtain an experimental license.2 In the second petition, you request

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The first petition proposes to permit amateur radio operators to conduct experiments on
all amateur radio bands, subject to certain limits on duration, power, and bandwidth.7 You do not

1
47 CFR part 97.
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6
See 2015 Petition at 1 ("Given that one of the stated reasons for the amateur service's existence is
experimentation in radio arts and sciences, requiring amateur radio operators to resort to obtaining
experimental radio station licenses is needlessly duplicative and cumbersome."); 2016 Petition at 2 ("there

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radio equipment and techniques.8 The Experimental Radio Service (ERS) rules contained in part
5 permit a broad range of experiments, including in the amateur service, and prescribe the manner
in which the radio spectrum may be made available to experiment with new radio technologies,

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