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Daily Digest
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Vol. 42 No. 167
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August 30, 2023
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AMERICAN RADIO RELAY LEAGUE. Granted the waiver request.. Action by: Deputy Chief, Mobility Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau. Adopted: 2023-08-30 by ORDER. (DA No. 23-784). WTB. DA-23-784A1.docx<https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-23-
784A1.docx> DA-23-784A1.pdf<https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-23-784A1.pdf> DA-23-784A1.txt<https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-23-784A1.txt>

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Emergency Request for a Temporary Waiver of )
Section 97.307(f) of the Commission's Rules )


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1. Introduction. We have before us a request filed by the American Radio Relay League
(ARRL) for a temporary 60-day 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
communications within the United States and its territories.1 For the reasons set forth below, we grant the
waiver request.
2. Background. Section 97.307(f) limits the symbol rate (also known as the baud rate) � 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 characteristics have been

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10:52 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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3. ARRL seeks this waiver for those licensed radio amateurs who are directly involved with
Amateur Radio Emergency Services (ARES) and other communication support groups working with
Federal, state and local emergency management officials.5 They request a 60-day waiver, subject to
extension. 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

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western areas of the country.
4. ARRL's request also states that trained amateur radio operators are working with
emergency management officials and relief organizations to assist with disaster relief communications in

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predicted to be hit by Hurricane Idalia which is forecast to cause significant damage, including disruption
to electricity and communications services. 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 to operate in any parts of the United States and it territories impacted by hurricane disasters. The
waiver is limited to amateur radio operators in the United States and its territories using publicly
documented data protocols that are compatible with FCC rules, with the exception of the data rate limit

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of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. � 154(i), and section 1.925 of the Commission's rules, 47 CFR � 1.925,
the Emergency Request for a Temporary Waiver of Section 97.307(f) of the Commission's Rules filed by
the American Radio Relay League on August 29, 2023, IS GRANTED as set forth above.

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