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ARLB049 FCC clarifies action

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ARRL Bulletin 49  ARLB049
From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT  June 3, 1994
To all radio amateurs 

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ARLB049 FCC clarifies action

FCC clarifies action

In response to a request from the ARRL and inquiries from others,
the FCC's Private Radio Bureau has clarified new rules that went
into effect on June 1, 1994.  The new rules do not remove the
restriction against automatic control of digital and RTTY
transmitting below 50 MHz.

The new rules, resulting from action in PR Docket 93-85, relax the
Amateur Service rules regarding the responsibility for the content
of messages on high-speed digital networks.  The Commission amended
Section 97.109(e), to allow a forwarding station in a message
forwarding system to be automatically controlled while transmitting
third party communications.

But, the Commission pointed out in a June 2 statement, Section
97.109(d), which was not amended, still limits automatic control of
stations transmitting RTTY or digital emissions to frequencies above
50 MHz.

The FCC currently has under consideration two petitions for rule
making, RM-8218 and RM-8280, that address this subject.  The
petitions were submitted by the ARRL and by the American Digital
Radio Society.

More information is in June 1994 QST, page 81.
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