Federal Communications Commission DA 07-2817
Before the
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D.C. 20554
In the Matter of )
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Petition for Spectrum Deregulation in the Amateur )
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RM-11305
Amendment of Part 97 of the Commission's
Rules Governing the Amateur Radio Service
Concerning Permitted Emissions and Control
Requirements
RM-11306
ORDER
Released: June 27, 2007Adopted: June 25, 2007
By the Deputy Chief, Mobility Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau:
1. In this Order, we grant separate requests to withdraw two petitions for rulemaking. On
June 20, 2005, the Communications Think Tank (CTT) requested that the Commission "discontinue
mandatory segmentation of emission modes and the activities using these modes in the Amateur Service,
and substitute a voluntary system of coordination to achieve greater, and more efficient, utilization offrequency allocations within the amateur radio bands." 1 On November 14,2005, the American Radio
Relay League, Inc. (ARRL) requested that the Commission "comprehensively modify the means by
which the extremely varied emission modes in the Amateur Radio Service are developed, experimented
with, implemented, and regularly utilized in the course of normal Amateur Radio communications.,,2 On
November 6, 2006, CTT requested that its petition be withdrawn.3 On April 27, 2007, ARRL requested
that its petition be withdrawn.4 We will grant the withdrawal requests, and no further action will be taken
with respect to these petitions for rulemaking or the comments filed in response thereto.
2. Accordingly, pursuant to Section 0.331 of the Commission's Rules, 47 C.F.R. § 0.331, IT
IS ORDERED that the request filed by CTf on November 6, 2006, to withdraw the Petition for
Rulemaking filed June 20, 2005, RM-11305, and the request filed by ARRL on April 27, 2007, to
withdraw the Petition for Rule Making filed November 14, 2005, RM-11306 ARE GRANTED, and both
Petitions for Rulemaking ARE DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
~,;~--Scot Stone
Deputy Chief, Mobility Division
Wireless Telecommunications Bureau
1 See RM-11305, Communications Think Tank, Petition for Rulemaking at 1 (filed June 20, 2005) (CTT Petition).
2 See RM-11306, American Radio Relay League, Inc., Petition for Rule Making at 1 (filed November 14,2005)
(ARRL Petition).
3 See CTT filing dated November 6, 2006 (requesting withdrawal of CTT Petition).
4 See ARRL Request for Voluntary Dismissal of Petition for Rule Making dated April 27, 2007 (requesting
withdrawal of ARRL Petition).