Hello Wayne and others,
Wayne I do not think the sky is falling but it sure is getting dark over our
amateur community. There is a long history of our ham bands being attacked
and given to others. I think it started with 11m (27mhz) to the truckers
etc, 220mhz to UPS which I don't think they are using ,then Pave Paws radar
shut down 440mhz repeaters on the East and West coast within 50mi of their
radar systems, then 900mhz shared with consumer wireless products, then
attempt to get the 40ghz band, then an attempt to get a portion of 2m in the
UK and now 3ghz. Did I miss any?
It is all about $$ and the Cell companies with deep pockets are moving up
the bands. I was in cellular since 1984 when we only had a portion of the
800mhz band and now look what they have. I think in the US, without looking
it up, they have segments in 600, 700,800,1900,2100, 2350 and moving up the
bands. Air waves are not free and the FCC is more then willing to auction
off these bands for big bucks. The other situation is the RFI generated by
the carriers. They are putting 4 bands under one radome fed by fiber
and one can only imagine the mixing products produced. Each one of these
antennas can weigh as much as 180lbs. Last week I spoke with an AT&T
engineer who said he is personally managing 3000 sites doing 5g upgrades.
WOW. My point is this, they are
aggressively trying to get more bandwidth and we should protect what we have
and not give into them without a fight.
So what to do? I think the ARRL should have posted this info on this
reflector and others informing us on what we can do. I also think they
(ARRL) should notify each VHF/UHF contest club to disseminate this
information.
I guess I will hold off finishing my 3456 beacon.
73's
Steve
K1IIG
FN-31nl
A proposal that is on the agenda for the FCC's Dec. 12 meeting would
remove amateur radio from the 9 cm. band entirely. As mandated by
Congress in the MOBILE NOW Act, the FCC is proposing to entirely eliminate
our allocation in the 3.3-3.55 GHz band as part of a plan to make much
more spectrum available for 5G mobile phone systems.
The Notice of Proposed Rule Making is WT Docket 19-348.
If enacted as proposed, this would be catastrophic for the weak signal
community that is now on 3456 MHz. I alone have nearly $10,000 worth of
equipment for 3456 MHz--with receipts to prove it. That includes
transverters, amplifiers and antennas. Each transverter cost me between
$500 and $800 (U.S.) and I have seventeen (17) 3456 transverters
manufactured by either DB6NT or DEMI.
Where was ARRL when the "MOBILE NOW" Act was approved? Why haven't we
heard a lot more about this before now? I've searched ARRL.org and can't
find any reference to "MOBILE NOW" there. I just bought another 3456
transverter after the MOBILE NOW Act was signed into law (after being
amended into another bill). I wish I'd known that we're about to lose
this band before spending still more money on equipment for 3456.
I know about this now only because of Brennan Price's message on the "My
ARRL Voice" section of Facebook. In a comment on Brennan's posting, ARRL
Director Ria Jairam confirmed that this docket does indeed propose to
remove our 9 cm. allocation entirely.
It sounds as if the sky is falling. Can someone tell me that the sky
ISN'T falling?
-Wayne Overbeck, N6NB
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