{"id":51317,"date":"2026-11-05T10:01:47","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T10:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/?p=51317"},"modified":"2026-11-05T10:01:47","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T10:01:47","slug":"146-147mhz-nov-extension-agreed-by-ofcom-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/news\/rsgb-notices\/2026\/11\/05\/146-147mhz-nov-extension-agreed-by-ofcom-3\/","title":{"rendered":"146-147MHz NoV extension agreed by Ofcom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ofcom.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Ofcom\u00a0<\/strong><\/a>has agreed to the RSGB request to extend the 146-147MHz NoV for a further year.<\/p>\n<p>It is available on a non-interference basis and the NoV is subject to a 30-day notice period of change or withdrawal. Ofcom\u2019s objective in making this <a href=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/spectrum-protection\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>spectrum<\/strong> <\/a>available is to encourage radio amateurs to experiment and test new communications schemes and systems.<\/p>\n<p>The RSGB VHF Manager would welcome reports of innovative use of the spectrum to support future discussions. You can contact him on <strong>vhf.manager@rsgb.org.uk\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Full licence holders can apply for the 146-147MHz NoV on the<a href=\"http:\/\/rsgb.org\/nov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> RSGB website<\/strong> <\/a>but please note that your NoV will only be valid until 31 October 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ofcom\u00a0has agreed to the RSGB request to extend the 146-147MHz NoV for a further year. It is available on a non-interference basis and the NoV is subject to a 30-day notice period of change or withdrawal. Ofcom\u2019s objective in making this spectrum available is to encourage radio amateurs to experiment and test new communications schemes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20395,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[274,55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-front-page-news","category-rsgb-notices"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51317","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\/20395"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51317"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51318,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51317\/revisions\/51318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}