Amateur Radio Service

This document provides access to channels in or near the 5250- 5400 kHz band on a secondary basis for the amateur service, and upgrade the existing secondary amateur service allocation to primary status in the 2400-2402 MHz band. The rule changes will enhance the ability of amateur operators to communicate at 5000 kHz when propagation conditions do not permit communication at 3500 or 7000 kHz, and provide additional protection for the amateur operators now using the 2400-2402 MHz band. We are declining to make an allocation to the amateur service in the 135.7-137.8 kHz or the 160-190 kHz bands, due to potential interference to other operations. We are also declining to add a primary allocation to the amateur satellite service in the 2400-2402 MHz band, due to possible spectrum use conflicts.