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There's been a push in recent years to free up parts of the amateur bands for auction. It doesn't seem particularly well thought out, to be honest. Power usage
by shakna 7y ago
There's been a push in recent years to free up parts of the amateur bands for auction.
It doesn't seem particularly well thought out, to be honest. Power usage and interference are among the reasons that you probably don't want to own the amateur band... But some companies disagree.
- kawfey 7y agoCitation needed. I've been a ham in the US for 11 years and not once has this come up. It's a commonly touted threat or rumor that could happen, but not a single proposal has made it through the FCC (or has even been proposed afaik), nor has the FCC made any public advances to do such a thing. One recent thwarted infiltration was a proposal by Thales to make 2m amateur spectrum shared with radionavigation, which was quickly put down.
- shakna 7y agoI didn't say the FCC was being shown to be open to this, but that some companies were making the push for it. Like Thales.
- drmpeg 7y ago3450 to 3550 MHz (of which 3450 to 3500 MHz is allocated to Amateur Radio) is being looked at. https://www.multichannel.com/news/spectrum-now-act-introduced https://www.multichannel.com/news/spectrum-now-act-introduce... https://www.ntia.doc.gov/files/ntia/publications/spectrum_repurposing_report_august_2019.pdf https://www.ntia.doc.gov/files/ntia/publications/spectrum_re...