[SECC] Authority to operate the new bands

Bill Coleman aa4lr at arrl.net
Thu Nov 16 16:02:04 EST 2017


> On Nov 14, 2017, at 5:21 PM, Hal Kennedy <halken at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> Interesting - the email I just received.  It starts by saying "we apologize" for this email being late.  It then goes on to say that since I am not within 1 KM of a power line using PLC, I am authorized to use 630 and 2200 meters.  Okay!  Meanwhile, I think by law they had 30 days to reply after which I was in the clear and they missed their date....but why push things?
> 
> I urge everyone to send in the permission email.  Even if you never plan to operate there:
> 1.  You might change your mind.  For FT8 lovers - this is new fertile territory.
> 2.  The more permissions granted the more we "lock in" those bands for our future use.
> 
> 73,
> Hal N4GG
> See you on 137 KHz!

Ooo. Good point. 

I’ll have to put in an application this week.

Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr at arrl.net
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