> From: w6jk@sbcglobal.net
> The FCC has agreed that the buoys need licensing they don't have, but rather
> that requiring compliance
> they have simply declared that the Part 80 (Marine) license now covers this
> Part 90 activity. This is completely
> unprecedented, as far as I know.
> 'JK
Money talks. Just like the lack of enforcement of Part 15 rules against
spectrum pollution from power lines, plasma TVs, switching-type wall warts,
etc. And now it is being proposed to severely cut what enforcement staff that
remains.
It is likewise unprecedented that unlicensed Part 15 (PLC) devices are given
priority over licensed services, as in the previous denial of VLF amateur
privileges in earlier proceedings, or maybe this latest is just following the
same precedent.
Here in the hinterlands, the only buoy signals I hear are extremely weak CW
beacons and I have never paid much attention to them. Apparently they must be
more a problem in coastal areas. With the RLS allocations in 1705-1800 kHz and
2000-3300 kHz all but devoid of signals, I can't understand any reason to
continue operation in 1900-2000 kHz band, other than the inconvenience and cost
of converting beacon transmitters to frequencies above 2000 or below 1800.
Foreign flagged vessels in international waters are beyond the jurisdiction of
the FCC, so this entire issue is a moot point to them.
http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/view?id=7022127470
http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/comment/view?id=6017166561
Don k4kyv
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