SB QST @ ARL $ARLB089 ARLB089 FCC lifts restrictions on use of 7290 and 3935 kHz ZCZC AG89 QST de W1AW ARRL Bulletin 89 ARLB089 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT October 26, 1998 To all radio amateurs SB QST ARL ARLB089 ARLB089 FCC lifts restrictions on use of 7290 and 3935 kHz At the request of ARRL South Texas Section Manager Ray Taylor, N5NAV, the FCC has lifted restrictions on the use of 7290 and 3935 kHz. The frequencies had been used for handling health-and-welfare traffic during the recent flooding in several Texas communities. The FCC says that a voluntary communications emergency remains in effect for 7285 and 3873 kHz for the handling of emergency traffic. The frequencies are to be cleared within 3 kHz on either side. The FCC's Houston Resident Agent Oliver Long has asked all amateurs to cooperate by recognizing the communications emergency and relinquishing the use of 7285 and 3873 kHz between 8 AM and 6 PM Central Time. NNNN /EX