{"id":23707,"date":"2019-11-22T13:38:14","date_gmt":"2019-11-22T13:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/?p=23707"},"modified":"2020-03-26T13:45:57","modified_gmt":"2020-03-26T13:45:57","slug":"wrc-19-day-20-and-finally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/news\/gb2rs\/2019\/11\/22\/wrc-19-day-20-and-finally\/","title":{"rendered":"WRC-19 Day-20: And Finally!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Friday, 22 November saw WRC-19 conclude its month long biggest ever conference. Many of the 3,300 delegates had started to travel home even before the release of the \u2018Provisional Final Acts\u2019 and closing ceremony.<\/p>\n

The ITU website has released the provisional acts as a huge 567-page PDF document – a tribute to the hardworking editorial and translation teams at the conference. These provisional acts are due to come into force on 1 January 2021, so no early changes are currently expected in practice.<\/p>\n

Highlights for amateur radio include:-<\/p>\n

AI-1.1: 50 MHz<\/strong> for Region-1 has been a remarkably successful result considering the diverse position and challenges faced over the years in preparatory studies. Our Thursday (Day-19)<\/a><\/strong> update had most of the 50MHz highlights, whilst the full and quite complex detail of the changes is now available below, including all the countries with primary status<\/p>\n

AI-1.7: Small Satellites<\/strong> which are increasingly commercial have been granted access to the space operations bands at 137\/149MHz away from amateur allocations<\/p>\n

AI-1.13: High frequency 5G Mobile<\/strong> will not change our status in 47 GHz and has masks that should protect amateur and critical passive services at 24GHz and just below<\/p>\n

AI-1.15: 275-450 GHz<\/strong> – access preserved via footnote 5.565<\/p>\n

AI-1.16: 5 GHz Wi-Fi<\/strong> will see most expansion below amateur radio in the 5150-5250 MHz band, reducing its impact on our 5725-5850 MHz range<\/p>\n

AI-8: Footnotes<\/strong> – an upgrade saw Brazil and few other South American countries achieve Primary status in 430MHz for the amateur service on a national basis. Iran withdrew its name from the 136 kHz restrictions<\/p>\n

AI-9.1.6: Wireless Power<\/strong> \u2013 No Change to the radio regulations, but a welcome guidance note in the minutes to guide further studies<\/p>\n

AI-10 Future Agenda:<\/strong> Better scoping of the WRC-23 study item that will review 1240-1300 MHz (Galileo receiver protection etc), as well as mitigation or deferral of some other items of concern<\/p>\n

Extracts from the ITU WRC-19 Provisional Final Acts:<\/strong><\/p>\n