The comment period for FCC Docket 25-133 re: Delete Delete Delete closes April 11, 2025; reply comments are due May 28, 2025.
👉 Comments may be submitted through the FCC Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS); use 25-133 in the Proceedings field. Previously submitted comments are available for viewing.
ℹ️ ARRL has provided a Guide to Filing Comments with FCC which demonstrates how to use the ECFS.
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Related Articles
Information and opinion pieces about FCC Docket 25-133:
- ⭐ Geerling Engineering’s Take on the FCC’s “Delete, Delete, Delete” Docket
- ⭐ Breaking News - From FCC - IN RE: DELETE, DELETE, DELETE
- ⭐ FCC Officially Opens Door to Mass Broadcast Deregulation
- ⭐ FCC Opens ‘In Re: Delete, Delete, Delete’ Docket
- FCC, Deregulation, & Amateur Radio
- My Thoughts on: FCC Deregulation - Delete, Delete, Delete
- FCC Reviews: What Changes Could Impact Amateur Radio?
- Re: Delete, Delete, Delete … For Hams
- FCC’s “Delete Delete Delete” - Is Ham Radio at Risk?
- Spectrum Wars: The Battle for Wireless Frequencies
- My Take on the FCC Delete, Delete, Delete
- Can This Be the End of Ham Radio Licenses?
- Deregulating the FCC - What Could Happen
- Is DOGE Going to Shut Down the FCC and Ham Radio?
- FCC Initiates Broad Inquiry on Rules to Delete or Amend
- FCC Deregulation Re: Delete Delete Delete
What the FCC Wants to Hear About
From FCC Docket 25-133
We encourage commenters to consider certain policy factors, as described below and consistent with standards and objectives set forth in recent Presidential orders as well as statutory and regulatory retrospective review standards. We also invite more general comment on rules that should be considered for elimination on other grounds 1
- Cost-benefit considerations
- Experience gained from the implementation of the rule.
- Marketplace and technological changes.
- Regulation as barrier to entry
- Changes in the broader regulatory context
- Changes in, or other implications of, the governing legal framework
- Other considerations relevant to the retrospective review of Commission rules
Explanations of these bullet points start on page 2 of FCC Docket 25-133.
From Zero Retries 0168
The following was written for FCC Docket 24-240 but is germane to FCC Docket 25-133.
A trusted advisor provided me with this short, pithy, realistic, and a bit brutal “reality check” list of the real priorities of the FCC in considering issues such as Docket 24-240:
- Innovation
- Creating new tax paying businesses
- Unserved and underserved populations
- Native Americans
- People with disabilities
- Schoolchildren
- Emergency communications
- Broadband communications
- Revenue to the US government (spectrum auctions)
- Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association (CTIA) 2
- National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) 3
This adviser consistently offers “distilled wisdom” on matters relating to the FCC, and I am very grateful for his input such as this.
To this adviser’s points, I would add:
- Addressing the shortage of the Spectrum Workforce as outlined in the Biden-Harris Administration’s National Spectrum Strategy (https://www.ntia.gov/issues/national-spectrum-strategy) to expand the workforce of of those knowledgeable about radio technology to create new radio technology systems and build and maintain radio technology systems.
- STEM education (we need more techies, not just programmers)
- US national and regional security, including (radio systems) cybersecurity
- US national economic activity / impact (not necessarily just paying taxes)
Note that “hobbyist” activity such as “playing around with Meshtastic” or “chatting on an Amateur Radio repeater” does not appear on the above list. Such activities are simply not on the FCC’s “cares about” list. But using Meshtastic to encourage STEM and Maker activities by students and youth, or Amateur Radio repeaters to provide emergency and “no dependence on cellular, Internet, or satellite” communications is something that the FCC “cares about”. 4
Example Comments
While any comment is better than none, these comments are good examples how to get your submission taken seriously by the FCC:
- Comments of Steven K. Stroh Regarding FCC Docket 24-240
- Bruce Perens K6BP’s comments to the FCC in 2017
“GN Docket No. 25-133”, FCC, accessed March 16 2025, https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-25-219A1.pdf. ↩︎
CTIA is the industry association for the “cellular” industry. Their inputs and requirements are a priority with the FCC. I haven’t seen any mention that Docket 24-240 is of interest to them. ↩︎
NAB is the industry association from the broadcasting industry. Their inputs and requirements are also a priority with the FCC. There is some relevance to television broadcasting relating to Docket 24-240 that ATSC 3.0 technology can provide alternative PNT services to NextNav’s PNT services. ↩︎
Steve Stroh N8GNJ, “Zero Retries 0168”, accessed March 15 2025, https://www.zeroretries.org/i/148352347/what-the-fcc-wants-to-hear-about-cares-about. ↩︎
