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ARRL Bulletin 5 ARLB005
From ARRL Headquarters, Newington, CT
January 19, 2022
To all radio amateurs
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ARLB005 Amateur Operation in 3.45 – 3.5 GHz Segment Must Cease by April 14, 2022
The FCC has established April 14, 2022, as the date by which amateur radio transmissions must stop in the upper 3.45 – 3.5 GHz segment of the amateur secondary 9-centimeter band. Secondary operations are permitted to continue indefinitely in the remainder of the band, 3.3- 3.45 GHz, pending future FCC proceedings.
On January 14 the FCC released DA 22-39, which announces the results of Auction 110 for the 3.45 – 3.55 GHz band. Release of this notice triggered FCC rules adopted last year requiring that amateur radio operations between 3.45 GHz and 3.5 GHz cease within 90 days of the public notice.
DA 22-39 can be found online at https://tinyurl.com/53676cbu
In October 2021, ARRL President Rick Roderick, K5UR, urged Congress to direct the FCC to preserve Amateur Radio’s secondary use of the 3 GHz band in a written statement responding to H.R. 5378, the Spectrum Innovation Act of 2021, before the US House Commerce Communications and Technology Subcommittee.
A chronology of actions responding to amateur access on the 3.5 GHz band can be found on the ARRL website at http://www.arrl.org/3-ghz-band
