[SEDXC] Fw: [nfarl] FCC COMMENTS
Nancy Draheim
nk4u@bellsouth.net
Mon, 3 Sep 2001 21:07:55 -0400
Paul Toth, NA4AR is running against Sandy Donohue for Southeastern Division
Vice Director. He's very knowledgeable and I thought y'all may want to see
the attached.
73, Nancy NK4U
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Toth-NA4AR" <na4ar@arrl.net>
To: <nfarl@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, September 03, 2001 8:39 PM
Subject: [nfarl] FCC COMMENTS
> One of the keys to the future of Amateur Radio is maintaining the spectrum
> allocated to the Amateur Radio Service. Let's face it, building a better,
> bright Amateur Radio hobby will be very difficult without frequencies to
> operate on.
>
> The FCC has recently asked for public comments on two key rulemaking
> proposals. They are the Creation of a 60 meter HF allocation and the
> reallocation of 2390 MHz - 2400 MHz from Amateur Radio to the Land-Mobile
> Service for the development of G3 Cellular Services. I urge you to file
your
> comments with the FCC on these two important matters today. You may do so
by
> sending email to ecfs@fcc.gov. There is a pre-defined format for
submitting
> comments. I am including my submittals for reference and so you know
where
> this candidate for ARRL SE Division Vice Director stands on these
important
> issues.
>
> 73!
>
> Paul J. Toth-NA4AR
> Asst. Director-ARRL Southeastern Division
> West Central Florida SKYWARN Group (WX4TBW)
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Visit My Website on the Internet
> http://www.qsl.net/na4ar
>
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>
> 60 METER BAND PROPOSAL
>
> <PROCEEDING> RM-10209
> <DATE> SEPTEMBER 1,2001
> <NAME> PAUL J. TOTH-NA4AR
> <ADDRESS1> 9231 120th Street N
> <ADDRESS2>
> <CITY> Seminole
> <STATE> FL
> <ZIP> 33772-2643
> <LAW-FIRM> NONE
> <ATTORNEY> NONE
> <DOCUMENT-TYPE> CO
> <PHONE-NUMBER> 727-742-1665
> <DESCRIPTION> Email Comment
> <CONTACT-EMAIL> na4ar@arrl.net
> <TEXT>
> I fully support and recommend adoption of the proposed rulemaking to crea
> te a Secondary Domestic Amateur Radio Allocation between the frequencies
of
> 5.250 MHz and 5.400 MHz inclusion. This proposed allocation will provide
the
> Amateur Radio Service a badly needed and highly utilitarian portion of
radio
> spectrum to support short to mid-range emergency communications.
>
> Florida's West Coast is highly susceptible to communications emergencies
> caused by a host of natural and manmade events. The threat of Tropical
> Weather disturbances, tornadoes, and our designation as lightning capital
of
> the world has created a demonstrable need for the reliable, round the
clock,
> station to station communications this band can provide. Unpredictable
> propagation on the existing 40 Meter and 75 Meter Amateur Radio bands
makes it
>
> necessary to split emergency communications based on time of day.
Further,
> interference from commercial broadcast stations operating on the 40 Meter
> band severely limits the use of this resource, particularly during
darkness
> hours
> in Europe. The proposed 5.250 MHz to 5.400 MHz assignment will allow
> emergency communicators to maintain constant contact to move essential
Health
> and Welfare Traffic when other means of communications have been
disrupted.
>
> The creation of this 60 meter band will assure Amateur Radio operators who
> voluntarily support the National Weather Service SKYWARN program a
reliable,
> point-to-point means of communicating vital and potentially life saving
> information. I urge you to act swiftly and favorably on this proposal.
>
> Respectfully submitted,
>
> Paul J. Toth-NA4AR
> Assistant Director - ARRL SE Division
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 2390-2400 MHz REALLOCATION PROPOSAL
>
> <PROCEEDING> 99-81
> <DATE> September 1, 2001
> <NAME> Paul J. Toth-NA4AR
> <ADDRESS1> 9231 120th Street N
> <ADDRESS2>
> <CITY> Seminole
> <STATE> FL
> <ZIP> 33772-2643
> <LAW-FIRM> None
> <ATTORNEY>None
> <DOCUMENT-TYPE> CO
> <PHONE-NUMBER> 727-742-1665
> <DESCRIPTION> Email Comment
> <CONTACT-EMAIL> na4ar@arrl.net
> <TEXT>
> Once again, commercial interests have targeted the frequencies allocated
> to the Amateur Radio Service to generate more revenue and profits. I
cannot
> justify removing 2390-2400 MHz from the trusteeship of the Amateur Radio
> community. This spectrum represents a natural resource set aside for the
> development of new technologies as well as the delivery of emergency
> communications services by Amateur Radio operators.
>
> This proposed reassignment of spectrum, allocated to the Amateur Radio
> Service, will make it difficult to modernize the communications tools and
> systems our licensed operators need to handle emergency and public service
> traffic, as mandated by Part 97.1 of the FCC rules governing our service.
> Amateur Radio has served the United States and our citizens as a proving
> ground for many new communications technologies. Erosion of our spectrum
> will undermine the ability of our operators to continue such innovation.
>
> Some would argue the proposed use of this spectrum for so-called G3
> commercial cellular services is more important to the general welfare of
the
> American public. Yet, time and time again, commercial cellular and PCS
> services have clearly demonstrated significant vulnerability to service
> interruptions
> from natural and manmade events, including severe weather, aircraft
disasters,
>
> large scale fires, earthquakes and more. The sheer weight of millions of
> potential commercial users has caused these systems to collapse under
their
> own operating overhead. It is the licensed and skilled operators of the
> Amateur Radio Service that have time and time again, provided the needed
> conduit for emergency traffic.
>
> There exists sufficient other RF spectrum to operate G3 cellular or any
other
> commercial service. I strongly urge you to maintain the existing Amateur
> Radio allocation for 2390 MHz - 2400 MHz.
>
> Respectfully submitted,
>
> Paul J. Toth-NA4AR
> Assistant Director - ARRL SE Division
>
>
>
>
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