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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Tue Feb 12 2019 10:32 am
FCC Invites Comments on Amateur Radio-Related Petition for Rule Making
02/11/2019
The FCC has invited public comments on a Petition for Rule Making
(RM-11826) from an Ohio radio amateur seeking to amend the Part 97
station identification rules to better accommodate and simplify
station identification during an emergency net, drill, or activation.
ARRL member Robert A. Dukish, KK8DX, filed the petition in December,
and the FCC put it on public notice this week. Dukish seeks a change
to Section 97.119(a) of the rules, which requires an amateur station
to transmit its "assigned call sign on its transmitting channel at the
end of each communication, and at least every 10 minutes during a
communication."
He noted that during emergency networks, requiring participating
stations - often portable - to use their assigned call signs during
each transmission could prove "burdensome and can hinder the flow of
emergency traffic on the channel."
Specifically, he is suggesting that a simple approach would be to permit
the net control station or other designated participant to announce from
a single point the call signs of every station taking part in the net or
exercise, when tactical call signs often are in use, at 10-minute
intervals, using automatic CW identification.
Dukish suggested amending Section 97.119(a) to add, "except during a
local emergency network activation or drill," and providing that in such
situations, a net control or designations station would be "authorized to
announce all participating stations' assigned call signs at no more than
10-minute intervals while the net is in progress." The amendment would
provide that participating stations "be within a 50-mile distance of the
identifying station, and each individual station must self-identify by
transmitting its assigned call sign at least once per hour." CW
transmission could be no faster than 25 WPM if sent automatically to
satisfy the suggested amendment.
In his petition, Dukish noted petitions filed in 2005 and 2006 seeking
changes to the Amateur Radio station identification rules. The FCC did
not adopt either proposal.
Interested parties may comment via the FCC Electronic Comment Filing
Service (ECFS).
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