WASHINGTON, November 13, 2023 – The Federal Communications Commission today adopted new rules to incentivize innovation and experimentation in the amateur radio bands by removing outdated restrictions and providing licensees with the flexibility to use modern digital emissions.
On October 27, 2023, ARRL News reported the FCC has scheduled a vote on removing symbol rate restrictions.
May 3, 2023, was the end of the transition period for the new FCC rules governing RF exposure which eliminated previous station evaluation exemptions.
Licensees have enjoyed a 2 year grace period during which they could have performed these evaluations and made any needed adjustments to their stations.
RF exposure evaluation of ALL Amateur Radio stations—and compliance reassessment subsequent to station modifications which could affect exposure—is now mandatory.
There are two restrictions on Amateur Radio operations in the 70cm band (420–450 MHz) which affect portions of North Dakota and Minnesota.
On July 7, 2022, ARRL News reported on the impending retirement of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) legacy COmmission REgistration System (CORES) on July 15, 2022.
This system change is important to radio amateurs because CORES is where we pay the recently instated application fees.
