SB QST @ ARL $ARLB079 ARLB079 Communications Emergency ZCZC AG79 QST de W1AW ARRL Bulletin 79 ARLB079 From ARRL Headquarters Newington CT September 27, 1998 To all radio amateurs SB QST ARL ARLB079 ARLB079 Communications Emergency UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF SECTION 97.401 OF THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION'S RULES AND REGULATIONS, 47 C.F.R. PART 97, A COMMUNICATIONS EMERGENCY IS DECLARED TO EXIST IN THE MISSISSIPPI, LOUISIANA, AND TEXAS AREAS, REQUIRING THE PROTECTION OF AMATEUR EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION FREQUENCIES. AMATEURS ARE REQUIRED TO REFRAIN FROM USING 7285 AND 7290, DAYTIME, AND 3873 AND 3935, NIGHT TIME, PLUS OR MINUS 3 KHZ UNLESS THEY ARE TAKING PART IN THE HANDLING OF EMERGENCY TRAFFIC. THIS ORDER IS EFFECTIVE 1100AM CENTRAL STANDARD TIME ON SEPTEMBER 27TH, 1998 UNTIL RESCINDED. NNNN /EX