Post by va3css on May 10, 2008 23:04:27 GMT -5
Southgate ARC
In the petition for Rule Making filed last October 10th, Ken D. Chafin, W6CPA, and Leon J. Brown, KC6JAR, Commission amend its rules to allow repeater stations to transmit in the 145.5 to145.8 MHz segment of the 2 meter amateur band. This, in addition to the 2 meter frequency segments currently authorized for repeater station operation.
In their petition Chafin and Brown argued that additional spectrum is needed for repeater stations because some amateur repeater stations have begun using certain digital communication protocols, and "digital voice operation is incompatible with existing analog operations . This, because digital voice users are unable to determine if the desired frequency is in use by analog users and can inadvertently cause harmful interference to those users.
After consideration of their request, the agency concluded that the Petition does not present grounds for the Commission to propose to amend its rules. That repeater stations are authorized to transmit on any frequency in the 2 meter band except the 144.0 to 144.5 MHz and 145.5 to 146.0 MHz frequency segments. These two segments were excluded to minimize the possibility of harmful interference to other amateur service stations and operating activities, especially "weak signal" operations. The FCC says that allocating an additional three hundred kilohertz of the 2 meter band to repeater operation would not be consistent with that concern. Rather, it would likely result in increased interference to non-repeater stations.
In their petition Chafin and Brown argued that additional spectrum is needed for repeater stations because some amateur repeater stations have begun using certain digital communication protocols, and "digital voice operation is incompatible with existing analog operations . This, because digital voice users are unable to determine if the desired frequency is in use by analog users and can inadvertently cause harmful interference to those users.
After consideration of their request, the agency concluded that the Petition does not present grounds for the Commission to propose to amend its rules. That repeater stations are authorized to transmit on any frequency in the 2 meter band except the 144.0 to 144.5 MHz and 145.5 to 146.0 MHz frequency segments. These two segments were excluded to minimize the possibility of harmful interference to other amateur service stations and operating activities, especially "weak signal" operations. The FCC says that allocating an additional three hundred kilohertz of the 2 meter band to repeater operation would not be consistent with that concern. Rather, it would likely result in increased interference to non-repeater stations.
