{"id":1313,"date":"2012-08-27T15:27:17","date_gmt":"2012-08-27T15:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.rsgbtestzone.biz\/wordpress\/?page_id=1313"},"modified":"2026-04-09T23:36:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T22:36:13","slug":"spectrum-forum-tor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/about-us\/committees\/spectrum-forum\/spectrum-forum-tor\/","title":{"rendered":"Terms of Reference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Spectrum Forum Terms of Reference are as follows:-<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\"><strong>Scope\/Role<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To maintain and enhance radio amateurs&#8217; ability to use the radio spectrum<\/li>\n<li>To ensure that all Spectrum &amp; Licensing matters within the Society are properly coordinated<\/li>\n<li>To maintain a good working relationship with the national administration on such matters<\/li>\n<li>To deal with international matters concerning Spectrum &amp; Licensing, especially those arising from the Society\u2019s membership of IARU, and CEPT\/ITU matters<\/li>\n<li>To lead preparations of IARU Conference papers and positions making appropriate recommendations to the Board<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\"><strong>Operational<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Monitor and pursue all aspects of spectrum and licensing relevant to the amateur service and amateur satellite service including considerations of usage, growth and research<\/li>\n<li>Provide recommendations for band planning, operating and licence guidance<\/li>\n<li>Identify areas where radio amateurs can make a contribution to spectrum usage and innovation<\/li>\n<li>Organise and prepare conference papers, making appropriate recommendations to the Board<\/li>\n<li>Recommend to the Board the award of relevant society trophies and liaise with the Awards Manager and offer guidance where required<\/li>\n<li>Provide a web presence that includes all aspects of the work of the Forum<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\"><strong>Membership<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Forum consists of: Core members (Spectrum Chair, Spectrum Managers and such other members as thought to be appropriate), other RSGB Volunteers (Committee chairs etc), representatives of Special Interest Groups and expert consultants \/ corresponding members<\/li>\n<li>For IARU Conference matters, a team composed of the President, Spectrum Chair, HF, VHF and Microwave Managers and EMC Chair will finalise the appropriate recommendations<\/li>\n<li>Through the appointment the post holder accepts and follows the\u00a0RSGB\u2019s <a title=\"RSGB Code of Conduct\" href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/about-us\/rsgb-code-of-conduct\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Code of Conduct and Ethos<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">Created 2004 (amended 31st August 2012 &amp; 24th May 2014), revised 12th March 2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Spectrum Forum Terms of Reference are as follows:- Scope\/Role To maintain and enhance radio amateurs&#8217; ability to use the radio spectrum To ensure that all Spectrum &amp; Licensing matters within the Society are properly coordinated To maintain a good working relationship with the national administration on such matters To deal with international matters concerning [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"parent":555,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1313","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1313"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46970,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1313\/revisions\/46970"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}