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The MITRE Corporation has an FCC experimental license to
test wideband communication techniques on a variety of HF frequencies between
2.5 and 16 MHz.
The ARRL Letter
reports that ARRL Chief Counsel Chris Imlay, W3KD, has sent the company a
letter asking that it either structure its tests to avoid HF amateur bands or,
at minimum, to provide advance notice of times and frequencies of planned
transmissions.
The ARRL’s concern, according to the Letter, is that “with the
operating parameters proposed, it will be impossible to conduct your tests …
within the Amateur Radio allocations and … avoid harmful interference.” A
further concern is that due to the nature of the transmissions, “amateur
licensees will have no way to determine the source of the interference or know
to whom they might complain.” At press time, there had been no response from
MITRE.
