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2015 World Radio Conference
On 2 November the 2015 World Radio Conference opened in Geneva with a record number of 3,800 delegates attending. Among many topics is agenda item 1.4 regarding a potential global 5MHz amateur allocation, which is facing serious opposition. There are several other items that may affect other amateur and amateur satellite service allocations. Colin Thomas, […]
Amateur satellites lost in launch failure
On 4 November, the inaugural launch of an experimental US military vehicle carrying several satellites with amateur radio payloads failed in mid-flight shortly after taking off at 0345UTC from Hawaii. Destroyed in the demonstration flight were 13 small research spacecraft clustered on the mission for NASA researchers and university students. None of the satellites carried […]
WRC-15 – Day-4
Agenda Item 1.4 (5 MHz) continues to occupy the time of the IARU and national society delegates attending. Intensive debate centred around the amount of spectrum required and power limitations, with a very wide divergence of views – the former ranging from 15 to 100 kHz, the latter between 0.1W and 200 Watts (as well […]
WRC-15 – Day-3
Mainly a day of frustrations for all concerned, but slow progress was made with Agenda Item 1.4 (5 MHz). The proposal from CITEL, representing a number of American States, was reduced to align with the CEPT proposal for 100 kHz, while the Arab Spectrum Management Group also agreed Group also agreed to increase their proposal […]
WRC-15 – Initial Sessions, inc. 5 MHz
As expected Agenda Item 1.4 (5 MHz) provoked much discussion and little progress was made. A total of 16 proposals and one information paper were introduced and every paper not containing a No Change (NOC) proposal was objected to by a certain administration. At the end of the second meeting session it was decided that […]
Ofcom Licence Guidance
Ofcom has today published 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.
