{"id":18836,"date":"2017-12-08T13:55:05","date_gmt":"2017-12-08T13:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/?p=18836"},"modified":"2022-11-14T03:15:05","modified_gmt":"2022-11-14T03:15:05","slug":"strategy-and-the-spectrum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/news\/rsgb-notices\/2017\/12\/08\/strategy-and-the-spectrum\/","title":{"rendered":"Strategy and the Spectrum"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"\"\"The recent RSGB Strategic review highlighted a number of priorities including Spectrum and closely related issues of\u00a0Growth, Research and Participation.<\/p>\n

One basic fact is that without spectrum there would be no amateur radio. The RSGB Spectrum Forum<\/strong><\/a> is unusual in\u00a0its extensive range of participants from both inside the Society and external specialist groups. These include experts from HF to microwave enthusiasts and collectively represent a very wide cross-section of\u00a0the hobby. Overall we take a broad outlook as we recognise there are aspects around Spectrum Access, Developments,\u00a0Usage and Protection. These range from frequency allocations, licensing and band plans, via new technologies and\u00a0modes, to EMC, background noise and a host of Ofcom and international matters. Our annual meeting generates a large\u00a0collection of reports \u2013 the 2017 meeting proceedings have just been published and provide a snapshot on amateur radio activity, emerging\u00a0trends, band plans, EMC, the recent IARU Region 1<\/strong><\/a> Conference and the World Radio Conference<\/strong><\/a> in 2019 (WRC-19).<\/p>\n

Activities in 2017 included a record effort at the IARU Conference, as well as participation in CEPT<\/strong><\/a> preparatory meetings for WRC-19. The\u00a0agenda includes the goal of 50MHz harmonisation and the innovations we plan for it whilst trying avoid the setbacks we saw with 5MHz and\u00a0other threats. On the home front we also continue to facilitate innovation via a range of NoVs for additional frequencies at VHF and microwaves.<\/p>\n

At a more basic level in 2017 we released illustrated licensing guidance to assist users and trainees and plan to expand this further in 2018.\u00a0With only a few Spectrum Managers, we are grateful to the wide range of groups and volunteers who work with us on all this.<\/p>\n

“The RSGB Spectrum Forum is unusual in its wide and extensive range of participants from specialist groups”<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Looking ahead, one of our challenges is participation levels (sometimes termed spectrum occupancy) \u2013 spectrum is a valuable resource and\u00a0we need to demonstrate that we are using it actively. We keep a close eye on licence numbers and band occupancy data, as do the Regulators.\u00a0The old adage of \u2018use it or lose it\u2019 applies to the spectrum we have allocated to us and the Spectrum Forum continues to look at ways to increase\u00a0amateur activity, particularly at VHF, UHF and microwave.<\/p>\n

The Society\u2019s goal for 2022 is to continue to have an active and thriving community. The Spectrum Forum is working hard on a variety of\u00a0issues throughout the year but we all have a responsibility to our hobby and the next generation. I wish you all the best for 2018 but do please\u00a0keep an open mind and be prepared to support your hobby \u2013 it needs you!<\/p>\n

Murray Niman, G6JYB
\n<\/b>Chairman, RSGB Spectrum Forum<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The recent RSGB Strategic review highlighted a number of priorities including Spectrum and closely related issues of\u00a0Growth, Research and Participation. One basic fact is that without spectrum there would be no amateur radio. The RSGB Spectrum Forum is unusual in\u00a0its extensive range of participants from both inside the Society and external specialist groups. These include […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20361,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[274,55,325],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-front-page-news","category-rsgb-notices","category-rsgb-strategy-2022"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18836","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\/20361"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18836\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}