FCC Part 97 Ham Radio Changes. Post #1161.
FCC Part 97 Ham Radio Changes (http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2017/june/fcc-part-97-ham-radio-changes.htm). Accessed on 15 June 2017, 14:30 hrs, UTC. Source: http://www.southgatearc.org. Please click link or insert title URL into your browser search box to read the full report. Comment: Amateur Radio operators in the United States have waited for almost five years to gain use of the 630 and 2200 meter bands, which were approved by the WRC-12 Conference in Geneva back in 2012. That dream will become fact sometime this summer. On 14 June 2017, the FCC WRC-12 Implementation Report and Order was published in the Federal Register, making the WRC-12 recommendations part of the rules and regulations governing the Amateur Radio Service in the United States. Here are the main points of the Report and Order: • Part 97 - Allocation of 472–479 kHz and 135.7–137.8 kHz bands to the Amateur Service on a secondary basis. • Part 15 - § 15.113 Power line carrier systems An electr