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(Moderator's Note: Only FCC Part 97 Amateur Radio related actions are shown below.)

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Daily Digest
Federal Communications Commission
45 L Street NE
Washington, DC 20554

Vol. 41 No. 229
News media information 202 / 418-0500
Internet: http://www.fcc.gov
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December 1, 2022
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AMERICAN RADIO RELAY LEAGUE. Granted the waiver request filed by the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) for a limited waiver of section 97.111(a) of the Commission's rules to permit licensed amateur stations to communicate with Federal stations over a
two-day period . Action by: Deputy Chief, Mobility Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau. Adopted: 2022-12-01 by ORDER. (DA No. 22-1241). WTB. DA-22-1241A1.docx<https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-22-1241A1.docx> DA-22-1241A1.pdf<https://
docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-22-1241A1.pdf> DA-22-1241A1.txt<https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-22-1241A1.txt>

(Moderator's Note:

Amateur or Part 97 match found in contents linked at URL:

Commission's Rules to Permit Demonstration of )
Amateur-Military Cross-Band Capabilities During )
Amateur-Military Commemoration of Pearl Harbor )
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League (ARRL) for a limited waiver of section 97.111(a) of the Commission's rules to permit licensed
amateur stations to communicate with Federal stations over a two-day period. The waiver request is for
the limited purpose of a short-term event commemorating the 81st anniversary of National Pearl Harbor
Remembrance Day on December 6 and 7, 2022.1
2. Background. Section 97.111(a) of the Commission's rules authorizes amateur stations to
transmit specific types of two-way communications and limits communications with Federal stations.2

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opportunities to train operators and test two-way communications capabilities between military
communicators and radio stations in the Amateur Radio Service, which allows operators to demonstrate
technical skills in a controlled scenario.5 ARRL also represents that the frequencies and time periods

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is in the public interest.
5. In addition to the skills gained by amateur operators who participate in the test, this
specific remembrance day carries particular importance given the ever-decreasing number of World War

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appropriate to prevent harmful interference and to serve the purpose of the commemorative event.8
6. Specifically, this waiver is conditioned on participating amateur stations: 1) monitoring
the following three federal frequencies: 14,375 kHz, 18,170 kHz, and 21,460 kHz; 2) responding on
spectrum allocated to the amateur service and only at the request of event organizers; 3) operating
consistent with the privileges of their amateur licenses; and 4) limiting communications to the period
beginning 9 am EST December 6, 2022 through 8:59 pm EST December 7, 2022. Additionally, all other
related Commission regulations that are applicable to amateur operators will continue to apply (e.g.,
mode, maximum power, and license class).

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