FCC Dismisses Amateur Petitions

The Mobility Division of the FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau today dismissed two petitions for rulemaking filed by Willison Gormly seeking the division of the agency’s rules for technician and novice class amateur radio operators, and the authorization of spread spectrum emission types in the 2 meter band. “The rule changes you propose were previously rejected by the Commission,” today’s order said. “Your petitions do not demonstrate or even suggest that any relevant circumstances have changed such as to merit reconsideration of these decisions. Consequently, we conclude that they do not present grounds for the Commission to propose amending Sections 97.301 and 97.305, and we dismiss the petitions.”