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[Mr.RC-Cam]

This text is from the ARRL's newsletter dated Oct-30-2004:


==>FCC RELOCATION OF FEDERAL USERS INCLUDES SOME AMATEUR 2.3 GHz SPECTRUM

The FCC has acted to include the first five 5 megahertz of the 2390-2417
MHz Amateur Radio Service primary allocation among spectrum it's opened up
to accommodate federal users shifted from other bands. The spectrum
relocations, which also involved nonamateur spectrum at 2 GHz, are aimed
at making room for advanced wireless services (AWS), including so-called
"third-generation" (3G) wireless systems.

After voting unanimously October 14 to adopt a Seventh Report and Order
(R&O) in ET Docket 00-258 and WT Docket 02-8, the FCC called the action
"an important step towards the future auction of 90 MHz of spectrum for
AWS." The Commission said it worked with the US Department of Defense and
the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to
reallocate spectrum to allow for relocation of critical military and other
operations into the 2360 to 2395 MHz band.

The FCC says its action will make room available to shift federal
government aeronautical mobile flight test telemetry (AMT) operations from
the 1.7 GHz band to the 2.3 GHz band by extending the primary allocation
for AMT to include an additional 10 megahertz from 2385 to 2395 MHz.
"Making the additional spectrum available for non-federal AMT will
accommodate the higher data rates needed for non-federal flight testing,"
the FCC said.

The Commission similarly extended the existing secondary spectrum
allocations for federal and non-federal non-aeronautical mobile telemetry
operations in the 2360-2385 MHz band to include the 2385 to 2395 MHz band.
In addition, it extended the existing federal primary radiolocation and
secondary fixed allocations from 2360 to 2385 MHz to include 2385 to 2390
MHz.

Last December, the ARRL announced that it had agreed in principle with the
Aerospace and Flight Test Radio Coordinating Council (AFTRCC) to develop
coordination procedures. The League told the FCC it could support Amateur
Radio sharing of 2390 to 2395 MHz on a co-primary basis with flight test
telemetry operations. But it has insisted that 2395 to 2400 MHz remain an
exclusive amateur primary allocation.

[yb2normal]

So... are there any pretty pictures of the new spectrum plan for the numerically challenged?

Bill

[Mr.RC-Cam]

When it is published I will post a link.