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Propagation News – 10 November 2019

| November 8, 2019

We had a more settled week, geomagnetically speaking. The Sun was a lot calmer, with a lack of coronal holes and fast solar wind to disrupt the ionosphere. We also had a sign again that Solar Cycle 25 is on its way. A tiny sunspot, numbered 2750 and belonging to Cycle 25, appeared in the […]

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YOTA PA team announced!

| November 7, 2019
YOTA PA team announced!

Meet the team of young RSGB Members who will be heading out to the Netherlands (from 12 to 15 December) for the 2019 YOTA Winter camp.

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WRC-19 Day-8: Progress !?

| November 6, 2019
WRC-19 Day-8: Progress !?

Wednesday saw some encouraging signs for two key items – Wireless Power (WPT-EV) and 50 MHz. First up was the re-work on the short AI-9.1.6 WPT-EV report that had been asked for by the Plenary. Significant background effort had been made to hone a couple of paragraphs for Committee-6 (COM6) to consider. This had a […]

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WRC-19 Day-7: 23cms and A Long Day

| November 5, 2019
WRC-19 Day-7: 23cms and A Long Day

A somewhat difficult start to the day’s proceedings began with another AI-10 Proposal being introduced for WRC-23 – protecting RNSS (Galileo etc) from secondary amateur usage in the 23cm band. From an amateur viewpoint this is more complex and unwelcome as a top level WRC item, than as a local CEPT work item (which has […]

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WRC-19 Day-6: Work resumes on all fronts

| November 4, 2019
WRC-19 Day-6: Work resumes on all fronts

Week-2 started with both 50MHz and other items – inc a new arrival from afar. 50 MHz resumed after the weekend session. Discussions in the sub-working group are trying to create a delicate balance between various potential allocations for amateurs; and appropriate protection criteria for other incumbent services such as mobile or broadcasting. A very […]

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WRC-19 Day-5+Sat: Don’t count your chickens…

| November 3, 2019
WRC-19 Day-5+Sat: Don’t count your chickens…

Friday saw progress, as a few items became clear, or so people thought – as we went to overtime on Saturday. The third Plenary session of the conference was held on Friday afternoon. This saw items where there was a consensus for ‘No Change’ (aka NOC) being addressed. Two Agenda Items of interest were given […]

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