{"id":18416,"date":"2017-09-29T14:22:46","date_gmt":"2017-09-29T14:22:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/?p=18416"},"modified":"2017-09-29T14:22:46","modified_gmt":"2017-09-29T14:22:46","slug":"rsgb-responds-to-ofcom-consultations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/front-page-news\/2017\/09\/29\/rsgb-responds-to-ofcom-consultations\/","title":{"rendered":"RSGB responds to Ofcom consultations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The RSGB has recently responded to two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ofcom.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ofcom<\/a> consultations affecting amateur microwave bands, as part of its ongoing strategy to protect amateur spectrum.<\/p>\n<p>The latest input in a series regarding 5GHz has been made in relation to Ofcom\u2019s consultation to liberalise fixed wireless access channels.<\/p>\n<p>This would affect amateur narrowband and particularly satellite reception.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, at even higher frequencies there has been a response to an Ofcom call for input regarding future fifth generation smartphone handset and base stations.<\/p>\n<p>In a marked change from current systems these are expected to use new frequencies in or near our 24 and 47GHz primary amateur bands.<\/p>\n<p>Both consultation inputs were developed in the <a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/about-us\/committees\/spectrum-forum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RSGB Spectrum Forum<\/a> with assistance from special interest groups including UK Microwave Group and <a href=\"https:\/\/amsat-uk.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AMSAT-UK<\/a>\u2014details at <a href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/GB2RS-1001b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tinyurl.com\/GB2RS-1001b<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The RSGB has recently responded to two Ofcom consultations affecting amateur microwave bands, as part of its ongoing strategy to protect amateur spectrum. The latest input in a series regarding 5GHz has been made in relation to Ofcom\u2019s consultation to liberalise fixed wireless access channels. This would affect amateur narrowband and particularly satellite reception. Additionally, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[274],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-front-page-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18416\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}