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FCC Seeks Public Comments on Emergency Communications by Amateur Radio and Impediments to Amateur Radio Communications
04/03/2012
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In response to the Congressional directive to prepare a study to assess Amateur Radio?s role in emergency and disaster communications and the impact of private land use regulations on the amateur community?s ability to provide such communications, the FCC issued DA 12-523 soliciting comments from the public. The period for public comment runs until May 17, 2012.

?As part of the study contained in Public Law No. 112-96, the Commission has opened a 45 day period for comments to be filed on the issue,? said ARRL Regulatory Information Manager Dan Henderson, N1ND. ?Because of the short deadline for the study to be completed and presented to Congress ? before the end of August ? the ARRL and the amateur community must quickly mobilize their response.?

The FCC Public Notice focuses on two specific areas for comments. The first is the role that Amateur Radio has played and continues to play to support emergency and disaster relief organizations, such as FEMA and local/state emergency management agencies. The second is to determine impediments to enhanced Amateur Radio communications. This would include the impact that private land-use regulations ? such as deed restrictions and homeowner association covenants ? have on the ability of licensed amateurs to fully participate in providing support communications to the served agencies.

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