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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">Submission to FCC to modernize Ham Radio rules<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The Codec2 project has developed </span><a href="http://freedv.org/" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">FreeDV</span></a><span lang="EN-US">, a program to encode digital voice on two-way radio in only 1.125 KHz of bandwidth.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">But FCC regulations aren't up-to-speed with the challenges of software-defined radio and Open Source.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">A 24 page </span><a href="http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/view?id=7022090358" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">FCC filing</span></a><span lang="EN-US"> proposes that FCC allow all digital modulations and published
digital codes on ham radio and switch to bandwidth-based regulation. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span lang="EN-US">Bruce Perens K6BP</span></i></b><span lang="EN-US">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">You can read more on Bruce's website<br>
</span><a href="http://perens.com/blog/2013/01/17/1/" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">http://perens.com/blog/2013/01/17/1/</span></a>
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