FCC Issues Amateur Radio Service Rules for 630 Meters and 2,200 Meters:

The Amateur Service will officially get two new bands in the near
future. The FCC has adopted rules that will allow Amateur Radio access
to the 630 and 2,200-meter bands, with minor conditions. A Report and
Order was
released on March 29. The new rules become effective 30 days following
publication in The Federal Register. The Report and
Order, which also addresses
several non-Amateur Radio issues, allocates the 472-479 kHz band (630
meters) to the Amateur Service on a secondary basis and amends Part 97
to provide for Amateur Service use of that band as well as of the
previously allocated 135.7-137.8 kHz band (2,200 meters). The Report and
Order also
amends Part 80 rules to authorize radio buoy operations in the
1900-2000 kHz band under a ship station license.

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