[CPEO-MEF] PAVE PAWS and ham radio interference

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Air Force, ham radio operators seek common ground

By Amanda Lehmert
Cape Cod Times (MA)
June 25, 2007

SAGAMORE - Amateur radio operators are clearing the path for the Air 
Force's PAVE PAWS radar.

But efforts to eliminate the interference between amateur radio 
equipment and the military missile-tracking technology may not be enough.

According to representatives from the American Radio Relay League, which 
is trying to resolve the issues between ham operators and the Air Force, 
some amateur radio repeaters may have to go off line permanently.

Earlier this year, Air Force officials asked the Federal Communications 
Commission to make ham operators eliminate interference with the radar, 
or shut down dozens of repeaters - devices that broadcast a weak amateur 
radio signal so it has more reach.

The PAVE PAWS radars in Sagamore and in California share the 420- to 
450-megahertz frequency with the amateur radio operators, who use the 
repeaters in pursuit of a hobby or to assist local towns in emergency 
situations.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070625/NEWS/706250312/-1/NEWSLETTER02

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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Fax: 650/961-8918
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