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(Moderator's Note: Only FCC Part 97 Amateur Radio related actions are shown below.)

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Daily Digest
Federal Communications Commission
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Washington, DC 20554

Vol. 40 No. 909
News media information 202 / 418-0500
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August 31, 2021
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WAIVER OF AMATEUR DATA LIMIT FOR HURRICANE IDA RESPONSE. Waiver of Amateur Data Limit for Hurricane Ida Response. Action by: Deputy Chief, Mobility Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau. Adopted: 2021-08-30 by ORDER. (DA No. 21-1075). WTB. DA-21-
1075A1.docx<https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-21-1075A1.docx> DA-21-1075A1.pdf<https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-21-1075A1.pdf> DA-21-1075A1.txt<https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-21-1075A1.txt>

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1. Introduction. We have before us a request filed by the American Radio Relay League
(ARRL) for a temporary waiver to permit amateur data transmissions at a higher symbol rate than
currently is permitted by section 97.307(f) of the Commission's rules, in order to facilitate hurricane relief

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the rate at which the carrier waveform amplitude, frequency, and/or phase is varied to transmit
information2 ­ for high frequency (HF) amateur radioteletype (RTTY)/data transmissions as follows to
300 bauds for frequencies below 28 MHz (except the 60 meter band), and 1200 bauds in the 10 meter (28-
29.7 MHz) band.3 The digital code used to encode the signal being transmitted must be one of the codes
specified in section 97.309(a) of the Commission's rules, but an amateur station transmitting a RTTY or
data emission using one of the specified digital codes may use any technique whose technical

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3. ARRL seeks this waiver for those licensed radio amateurs who are directly involved with
hurricane relief via High Frequency Amateur Radio using PACTOR and VARA modems in
communications within the United States and its territories relative to impending Hurricane Ida.5 ARRL
states that Section 97.307(f) of the Commission's Rules prevents the use of certain protocols capable of
higher data rate emissions in the High Frequency (HF) bands and many Amateur stations active in
emergency communications preparedness are capable of using. They also point out that the past FCC

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17:44 EDT, amended August 29, 2021 19:28 EDT) (Waiver Request); see 47 CFR § 97.307(f).
2Amendment of Part 97 of the Commission's Amateur Radio Service Rules to Permit Greater Flexibility in Data
Communications, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 31 FCC Rcd 8485, 8485, para. 1 (2016) (Baud Rate NPRM).

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4. ARRL's request also states that trained amateur radio operators with communications
equipment are actively preparing to assist radio amateurs involved with the Amateur Radio Emergency
Service (ARES) working with federal, state and local emergency management officials to assist with

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has caused significant damage, including disruption to electricity and communications services.10 Thus,
to accommodate amateur radio operators assisting in the recovery efforts, we grant the ARRL's waiver
request for the period of 60 days from the date of this Order. The waiver is limited to amateur radio
operators in the United States and its territories using publicly documented data protocols that are

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