[Swprograms] FCC Amends Experimental Alaska DRM License

[Joe Buch <josephbuch@xxxxxxxxx>]

It appears ARRL has prevailed in their quest to protect ham radio allocation from 7.1-7.3 MHz.

==> FCC AMENDS WE2XRH EXPERIMENTAL LICENSE

In response to the October 20 ARRL Petition for Modification or 
Cancellation of Experimental Authorization (Petition) concerning an 
experimental license issued to Digital Aurora Radio Technologies (DART) 
station WE2XRH, the FCC today issued an amended license that redefines 
one of the station's frequency ranges to eliminate conflict with the 
Amateur Radio Service. This revision addresses ARRL's concern that the 
original 7.10 to 7.60 MHz range would cause unacceptable interference to 
Amateur Radio operations in the 40 meter band. The amended license 
narrows the range to 7.30 to 7.60 MHz and gives as the reason for the 
change, "operation in the band 7.1-7.3 MHz will cause harmful 
interference to Amateur Radio Service licensees."

"We are delighted that the FCC acted so promptly to correct this error 
and are pleased that the matter has been resolved," said ARRL CEO David 
Sumner, K1ZZ.

WE2XRH will be testing a proposed domestic broadcast service using a 20 
kHz bandwidth digital emission at a transmitter output power of 100 kW 
and an ERP of 660 kW within a radius of 1500 kilometers of Delta 
Junction, Alaska. According to the amended license, the transmissions 
will take place in the frequency ranges 4.4 to 5.1 MHz, 7.3 to 7.6 MHz 
and 9.25 to 9.95 MHz.



      
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