Subj : Re: Amateur Radio Gets a Partial Reprieve on 3.5 GHz
To   : ARRL de WD1CKS
From : Matthew
Date : Tue Mar 23 2021 14:14:25

 >  03/22/2021 

 > Pending future FCC action, amateur radio secondary use of the 3.3 - 3.45 
GHz
 > band segment may continue indefinitely. The FCC, as part of a lengthy 
Second
 > Report and Order (R&O[1]) for commercial licensing of 3.45 - 3.55 GHz
 > adopted on March 17, agreed with ARRL that continued access by amateur 
radio
 > to 3.3 - 3.45 GHz should be allowed until consideration of the 3.1-3.45 
GHz
 > spectrum in a later proceeding. The FCC action in WT Docket 19-348
 > represents a partial - and temporary - reprieve from the FCC's December 
2019
 > proposal to remove amateur radio from the entire band, and it makes
 > available an additional 50 megahertz than an FCC proposal last fall to 
allow
 > amateur temporary use of 3.3 - 3.4 GHz. 

 > Amateur secondary operation in the 3.45 - 3.50 GHz band must cease 90 
days
 > after public notice that the spectrum auction has closed and licensing 
has
 > begun. That is expected to happen early in 2022. The FCC announced the
 > opening of 3.45 - 3.55 GHz for auction to commercial 5G interests on 
March
 > 17.

 > The FCC stated that "While we adopt our proposal to bifurcate the band, 
we
 > adjust our proposal and set 3450 MHz as the frequency at which the band 
will
 > be split." It agreed "with the ARRL's assessment that the guard band is 
not
 > necessary from a technical standpoint. We also recognize that the nature 
of
 > amateur equipment realities makes the 50 megahertz at 3400-3450 MHz
 > particularly valuable to amateur operators because it means existing
 > equipment can continue to operate in the band for the time being."

 > This allows "amateur operations to continue in the lower portion of the 
band
 > while the [FCC and federal government users] continue to analyze whether
 > that spectrum can be reallocated for flexible use," the FCC said. The 
FCC
 > had proposed splitting the band at 3.4 GHz, permitting amateur use in 
100
 > megahertz of spectrum "while also providing a buffer to protect 
flexible-use
 > operations at the lower edge of the 3.45 GHz band."

 > "We therefore allow secondary amateur operations to continue in the 3.4 
-
 > 3.45 GHz portion of the band," the FCC said. "We emphasize, however, 
that
 > amateur licensees remain secondary users, and those that operate on
 > frequencies close to the 3450 MHz band edge must do so with particular
 > caution to avoid causing harmful interference to flexible-use licensees 
in
 > the 3.45 GHz Service, which hold primary status. In light of these
 > considerations, while amateur operations between 3450 MHz and 3500 MHz 
must
 > cease within 90 days of the public notice announcing the close of the
 > auction for the 3.45 GHz Service, as specified in the Report and Order;
 > amateur operations may continue between 3300 MHz and 3450 MHz while the
 > Commission, NTIA, and the DoD continue to analyze whether that spectrum 
can
 > be reallocated for commercial wireless use."

 > "There is no expectation that such operations will be accommodated in 
future
 > planning for commercial wireless operations in this spectrum, or that
 > amateur operators will receive more than a short period of notice before
 > their operations must cease," the FCC said.


 > [1] https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-21-32A1.pdf

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What is the potential use for this range for amateurs?

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