Auctioning off spectrum that includes the important 435-438 Satellite segment? Let alone that 430-440 is a ham band almost everywhere in the world.
73 de Pat --- KA9SCF.
On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 11:40 AM, [email protected] wrote:
----- Forwarded Message ----- From: "Rick Pinelli" [email protected] To: "Damon" [email protected], "David" [email protected], "Lee" [email protected], "Rick" [email protected], [email protected], "chris dowland" [email protected], "Danny Banks" [email protected], "Richard Martin" [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Sent: Monday, February 21, 2011 10:27:33 AM Subject: 420 MHz in Jeopardy!
I received this info from one of the D-STAR groups about the 420 MHz band and thought I would pass it along.
Rick - KA2BSM
Subject: 420 band auction imminent if HR 607 passes
I think we need to be aware of this issue, since our repeater system lives there.
This is being done "in order to offset the loss of revenue that would occur as the result of the allocation of the D-Block to Public Safety instead of commercial auction".
So they are giving away some spectrum that they said they would auction, and we get to pay the price for it.
This bill was introduced by the Horable Peter King, R-NY District #3.
Read more about Congresman King's spin on this plan here.
http://www.house.gov/apps/list/hearing/ny03_king/bipartlegsdblock.html
Note that there is NO MENTION of the 420-450 and 450-470 bands in his press release, and they are in a footnote in the bill (oh, by the way, we can make up the revenue shortfall by auctioning off these frequencies...) So these bands will be sacrificed to pay for the reallocation of the spectrum that was previously cleared by TV Broadcasters for acution in the name of "Homeland Security".
The 450 band contains Broadcasting Remote Pickup and Studio to Transmitter links along with other coordinated use. 420 to 450 is our 70cm amateur band.
*Spectrum Management Bill Threatens Amateur Frequencies*
*On February 10, Representative Peter King (R-NY-3), Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, introduced HR 607, the **Broadband for First Responders Act of 2011**. The bill been referred to the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which handles telecommunications legislation. *
*HR 607 addresses certain spectrum management issues, including the creation and maintenance of a nationwide Public Safety broadband network. As part of that network, the bill provides for the allocation of the so-called "D-Block" of spectrum in the 700 MHz range for Public Safety use.*
*The D-Block consists of two, 5 megahertz-wide segments of **spectrum (758-763 and 788-793 MHz) that became available when the FCC ended analog television broadcasts in June 2009 and reallocated the 698-806 MHz band for Public Safety and commercial broadband. It was anticipated that the D-Block would be auctioned for commercial use. *
*There are several bills in Congress providing for the allocation of the D-Block for Public Safety use, and HR 607 is one of those. But HR 607 uniquely provides for the reallocation of other spectrum for auction to commercial users, in order to offset the loss of revenue that would occur as the result of the allocation of the D-Block to Public Safety instead of commercial auction. *
*HR 607 lists the paired bands of 420-440 MHz and 450-470 MHz among the bands to be reallocated for commercial auction within 10 years of its passage. *
Read more here< http://www.arrl.org/news/spectrum-management-bill-threatens-amateur-frequenc... >
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