Archive for 2015
WRC-15 – Day-6, start of Week-2
Agenda Item 1.4 (5MHz): After a weekend of informal meetings, official business re-commenced on Monday morning. Despite the efforts of a number of pro-allocation administrations, intense pressure from a number of major opponents reduced the proposed band down to 15 kHz. In return for this major compromise, some ‘No Change’ proponents agreed to change their […]
Spectrum Forum Meeting – 2015
RSGB Spectrum Forum meeting reports from the annual meeting held on 7-Nov-2015 are available below (in PDF format):- Spectrum Forum Nov-2015 Agenda Spectrum Forum Nov-2015 Minutes 5.1 – HF Spectrum Report-2015 5.2 – VHF Spectrum Report-2015 5.3 – Microwave Spectrum Report-2015 5.4 – AROS Spectrum Report-2015 6.1 – EMCC-SpectrumForum-2015 6.2 – ECC/RAYNET-Report-2015 6.3 – ETCC-SpectrumForum-2015 6.4 […]
WRC-15 – Day-5, End of Week-1
Agenda Item 1.4 (5 MHz): Some progress was made during the course of the Friday morning session. The various African organisations agreed to merge their proposal resulting in a proposal of 100 Watts between 5350-5400 kHz which will be considered alongside other proposals. Unfortunately other administrations are refusing to move from their position for a […]
Ofcom published licence guidance
Ofcom has published new guidance to help amateur radio licensees understand and comply with the terms and conditions of the UK amateur radio licence. This guidance should, therefore, be read in conjunction with the licence. Following the guidance should help licensees reduce the risk of breaching the terms and conditions of the licence. It does […]
Add your voice to amateur radio survey
Five years ago, the RSGB undertook a comprehensive online survey of amateur radio in the UK. The data was used in the development of a vision and strategy for the Society. A new survey was launched in September and all UK radio amateurs are invited to complete the online questionnaire. The survey will close at […]
Dutch 5MHz QSOs
Several Dutch stations have appeared on the 5MHz band in the erroneous assumption that 5MHz has become available in The Netherlands. It isn’t, and won’t be until the middle of November at the earliest. The confusion arose in the way the law is applied in The Netherlands. Following the announcement, the radio amateur frequency tables […]
