Also in GB2RS this week…

Preparations for the next World Radiocommunication Conference 2019 (WRC-19) have continued over the past few weeks with meetings at ITU in Geneva and CEPT Project Team D in Estonia. Volunteers from IARU and member societies have been engaged on two key agenda items of interest to amateur radio; regarding a potential 50MHz allocation for Region 1, and wireless power transfer for charging electric vehicles. For the latter topic, the RSGB has provided further information on wireless power transfer, including IARU briefing slides and links to Ofcom measurements, on our WRC-19 focus page.

The Chinese amateur satellite organisation, CAMSAT, has released more details about their satellites planned for launch later this year. CAS-5A will carry two HF and two VHF-UHF transponders. CAS-6 will include a CW telemetry beacon on VHF, a 20kHz wide UHF-VHF linear transponder and AX.25 4.8k baud GMSK telemetry. Meanwhile, two Russian CubeSats will be deployed during a spacewalk from the International Space Station. SiriusSat-1, call sign RS13S, will beacon on 435.570MHz and SiriusSat-2, call sign RS14S, will beacon on 435.670MHz.

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