{"id":22643,"date":"2019-07-05T13:53:14","date_gmt":"2019-07-05T13:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/?p=22643"},"modified":"2019-07-09T15:06:32","modified_gmt":"2019-07-09T15:06:32","slug":"rsgb-president-writes-to-ofcom-about-144mhz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/news\/gb2rs\/headlines\/2019\/07\/05\/rsgb-president-writes-to-ofcom-about-144mhz\/","title":{"rendered":"RSGB President writes to Ofcom about 144MHz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In our next step in an ongoing effort to protect the 144MHz band, the RSGB President has written to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ofcom.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Ofcom<\/strong><\/a> regarding the recent World Radio Conference WRC-23 aeronautical proposal.<\/p>\n<p>Our input summarises the basis for our deep concerns, but also includes an appendix highlighting the multi-faceted nature of amateur radio activity and innovation in this strategically important global Primary allocation.<\/p>\n<p>This comes in the run up to a key <a href=\"https:\/\/cept.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>CEPT<\/strong><\/a> meeting in August, where its 48 member states\u2014including the UK\u2014will confirm their common positions for the World Radio Conference this autumn.<\/p>\n<p>The letter also includes requests regarding other WRC agenda items including 50MHz, 23cm\/Galileo and wireless power.<\/p>\n<p>The RSGB anticipates being able to publish more details and supporting material in due course.<\/p>\n<p>See more on our <a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/wrc-19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WRC-19 focus page<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Update:<\/strong> Read excerpts from the <a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/news\/gb2rs\/headlines\/2019\/07\/09\/excerpts-from-rsgb-presidents-letter-re-144-146-mhz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">President&#8217;s letter<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In our next step in an ongoing effort to protect the 144MHz band, the RSGB President has written to Ofcom regarding the recent World Radio Conference WRC-23 aeronautical proposal. Our input summarises the basis for our deep concerns, but also includes an appendix highlighting the multi-faceted nature of amateur radio activity and innovation in this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[274,47,359],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-front-page-news","category-headlines","category-wrc-19"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22643","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=22643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22643\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}