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Date: Sun, 07 Mar 1999 09:13:25 -0500
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Subject: LF: 136 in the US !
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Paul L. Rinaldo wrote:

> AMRAD Press Release
> Amateur Radio Research and Development Corporation
> P.O. Drawer 6148, McLean, Virginia 22106 USA
>
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>
> For further information contact: André Kesteloot, n4ick@amrad.org
>
> Washington, DC, March 6, 1999: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
> has granted a one-year experimental license to the Amateur Radio Research
> and Development Corporation (AMRAD) to conduct tests on the frequency
> 136.75 kHz using the call sign WA2XTF from twelve sites in Northern
> Virginia. These experiments are to gain experience in anticipation that the
> FCC may allocate the low-frequency (LF) band 135.7 - 137.8 kHz to the
> Amateur Radio Service in the United States. This band already exists in New
> Zealand and some European countries in accordance with Recommendation
> CEPT/ERC/REC 62-01. CEPT is the abbreviation for the European Conference of
> Postal and Telecommunications Administrations.
>
> Participating in the experimental operation are: Glenn Baumgartner, KAØESA;
> David Borden, K8MMO; Robert Bruhns, WA3WDR; Hal Feinstein, WB3KDU; Terry
> Fox, WB4JFI; André Kesteloot, N4ICK; George Lemaster, WB5OYP; Shannon
> Mishey, N8TBM; Paul Rinaldo, W4RI; David Rogers, K9RKH; Elton Sanders,
> WB5MMB; and John Seely, AA4GM. This is a closed list of stations and new
> transmitting stations cannot be added. However, others are invited to join
> the project by listening and reporting results. Reception reports should be
> made by e-mail to n4ick@amrad.org.
>
> Emissions authorized for these tests are 173HF1D (frequency shift data, 173
> Hz bandwidth), 100HA1A (CW, 100 Hz bandwidth) and 450F1D (frequency shift
> data, 450 Hz bandwidth.) The authorized transmitted power is 1 watt ERP.
> The 12 stations will operate experimental transmitters, antennas and
> receiving systems using digital signal processing (DSP) techniques.
>
> On October 22, 1998, the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) petitioned the
> FCC to create two LF allocations for the Amateur Radio Service: 135.7 -
> 137.8 kHz and 160 - 190 kHz limited to 200 watts PEP but in no case greater
> than 2 watts EIRP. The petition was designated RM-9404. Additional
> information is available at the ARRL Web site: www.arrl.org under ARLB095
> ARRL Petitions FCC for LF Allocations.
>
> AMRAD is a worldwide club of Amateur Radio and computer experimenters. It
> is incorporated in the Commonwealth of Virginia and is recognized by the US
> Internal Revenue Service as a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) scientific and
> educational organization. Further information concerning these LF
> experiments will be available in the AMRAD Newsletter mailed bi-monthly to
> AMRAD members and on the World Wide Web at: www.amrad.org.
>
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