ARRL Executive Committee Meets With FCC
ARRL President Rick
Roderick, K5UR; Washington Counsel Dave Siddall, K3ZJ, and several members of
the League's Executive Committee met with various FCC officials in Washington in early
November. According to the ARRL Letter, topics
discussed included the RF exposure rule changes described above, the digital
date symbol rate proceeding, expansion of the 60-meter band in accordance with
international provisions adopted at the 2015 World Radiocommunication
Conference, and the ongoing problem of insufficient enforcement in the amateur
bands and the startup of the ARRL's new Volunteer Monitor program.