On March 11, 2010, The Commission
adopted and released an Order, WT Docket No. 10-62, FCC 10-38. This
proceeding moved transmitter power limit information that applies
to stations transmitting a spread spectrum emission from 47 CFR
97.303(s) to 47 CFR 97.313(i), Transmitter Power Standard. No
station may transmit with an effective radiated power (ERP)
exceeding 50 W PEP on the 60 m band. For the purpose of computing
ERP, the transmitter PEP will be multiplied by the antenna gain
relative to a dipole or the equivalent calculation in decibels. A
half-wave dipole antenna will be presumed to have a gain of 1.
Licensees using other antenna must maintain in their station
records either the manufacturer data on the antenna gain or
calculations of the antenna gain. On May 14, 2003, the FCC released
a Report and Order, Amendment of Parts 2 and 97 of the Commission's
Rules to Create a Low Frequency Allocation for the Amateur Radio
Service. ET Doc. No. 02-98, FCC 03-105. The Report and Order
established a recordkeeping requirement that amateur operator
licensees using other antennas must maintain in their station
records either the manufacturer data on the antenna gain or
calculations of the antenna gain. The information will be used to
establish a record of amateur operations, so that if interference
to critical power line carrier systems occurs, the Commission can
respond quickly to locate the source.
US Code:
47
USC 301 Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
US Code: 47
USC 302(a) Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as
amended
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47 USC 303(c) and 303(f) Name of Law: Communications Act of
1934, as amended
US Code: 47
USC 151 Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
US Code: 47
USC 154 Name of Law: Communications Act of 1934, as amended
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
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the proposed collection of information, that the certification
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benefit, or mandatory);
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