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I am a HAM (and a professional in the area) and this is another example of ARRL demonstrating a pretty alarming lack of technical understanding of the issue. The FCC plan will strictly enforce spectrum mask requirements for high power fixed installations like it does everywhere else. These transmitters will be the least likely to interfere with a properly configured adjacent band system. If they generate out of spec interference, it will be detected instantly, and the cause will easily be traced back to a fixed transmitter.
It's actually a bit ironic that HAMs are constantly complaining about adjacent channel interference, because it's something they know better than anyone. HAM equipment tends to be notoriously cheap and low quality, and their installations are often riddled with amateurish overconfidence which actually does result in serious interference issues you simply don't see anywhere else.