XPost: rec.radio.amateur.policy, uk.radio.amateur   
   From: no.sp@m.com   
      
   On 30/04/17 14:04, Roger Hayter wrote:   
   > Ian Jackson  wrote:   
   > snip   
   >>   
   >> "FCC to modernize Part 95 Regs - GMRS, FRS, CB   
   >>   
   >> The FCC is to legalize 27 MHz CB DXing and boost power of license exempt   
   >> UHF FM Family Radio Service (equivalent of UK PMR 446)   
   >>   
   >> Under its new Chair Ajit Pai, the FCC is seeking to modernize radio   
   >> regulations and is scrapping pointless rules like the 250 km (155.3   
   >> mile) restriction on Citizen Band Radio contacts."   
   >>   
   >> It's that additional one third of a mile makes all the difference. I   
   >> wonder if it is at the TX end or the RX end?   
   >>   
   >> Also, I believe that some people have difficulty in getting even quarter   
   >> of a mile.   
   >   
   > I find it a little mystifying that the FCC ever framed a regulation in   
   > metric units.  Was it originally some kind of international obligation?   
   >   
      
   It seems the FCC do use metric and 'imperial' units freely.   
      
   Also, the new FCC Chair is in the process of simplifying the rules   
   across the board, not just in CB or FRS areas. I suppose like the 'red   
   tape' removal drives we are often promised (in all areas) but rarely see.   
      
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