WRC-19
WRC-19 Day-20: And Finally!
Friday, 22 November saw WRC-19 conclude its month long biggest ever conference. Many of the 3,300 delegates had started to travel home even before the release of the ‘Provisional Final Acts’ and closing ceremony. The ITU website has released the provisional acts as a huge 567-page PDF document – a tribute to the hardworking editorial […]
WRC-19 Day-19: 50 MHz Approved!
WRC-19 has approved an allocation in the 50 MHz band for amateurs in Region 1 at its morning plenary in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, on Thursday 21 November 2019. The decision comes after more than three weeks of strenuous negotiations to reconcile widely disparate views of Region 1 administrations. The result is a dramatic improvement in […]
WRC-19 Days 16+17+18: Satellites and 23cm
WRC-19 entered its final week with effort aimed at pinning down the remaining difficult items, including the future agenda for WRC-23 and WRC-27; and preparing for its final plenary sessions to approve the results of various agenda items, including 50 MHz. AI-1.7 Small Satellites: This surprisingly difficult issue was the first to reach a compromise. […]
WRC-19 Day-15: A Long Weekend
The slipping schedule saw slow progress on Friday and consequently full overtime on Saturday and Sunday for future agenda items (AI-10), small-satellites (AI-1.7), 5G mobile (AI-1.13) and 5GHz Wi-Fi (AI-1.16). Overtime started early, with a queue to get in before the 9am Saturday start. The 8:40m Saturday morning queue AI-10 WRC-23/27 Agenda: Late on Sunday […]
WRC-19 Day-13+14: IARU Features and Waits
WRC-19 like any major international conference has news and media associated with it. The ITU have a TV Studio at the venue for interviews – including one with IARU President Tim Ellam VE6SH which is now available on YouTube. The IARU summary position has also featured in an ITU news release:- IARU Positions feature in […]
WRC-19 Day-11+12: Week-3 and Next Steps
Week-3 should be where even the harder items are heading towards solutions. Conveniently, a CEPT status table offers a great overview, but shows that many items are running behind schedule, or being escalated to higher levels as their lower-level drafting groups close. CEPT WRC-19 Status table 50 MHz: One of the few clearer signs of […]
