[karc] Fwd: [RAC-Bulletin] Agenda Item 1.23 Passes Committee, Moves to Plenary.

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Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:33:02 -0500
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Subject: [RAC-Bulletin] Agenda Item 1.23 Passes Committee, Moves to Plenary.
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Agenda Item 1.23 Passes Committee, Moves to Plenary.
2012-02-07

On the afternoon of Tuesday, February 7 (Geneva 
time), Committee 4 of the 2012 World 
Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-12) approved 
Option 1 to satisfy Agenda Item 1.23, with minor 
editorial amendments to the text received from 
Working Group 4C. Option 1 calls for a worldwide 
secondary allocation to the Amateur Service at 
472-479 kHz, with a power limit of 1 W EIRP, with 
a provision for administrations to permit up to 5 
W EIRP for stations located more than 800 km from 
certain countries that wish to protect their 
aeronautical radionavigation service 
(non-directional beacons) from any possible 
interference. Option 2 was NOC (no change to the current rules).

In keeping with the rules of the Conference, 
Committee decisions must be read twice in Plenary 
session; the decision of the Conference is not 
final until after second reading in Plenary. 
According to ARRL Chief Executive Officer David 
Sumner, K1ZZ, quite a few additional 
administrations -- mainly in the former Soviet 
Union and Arab states -- will be adding their 
country names to the Footnotes prior to consideration in Plenary.

Iran proposed that the 800 km distance be changed 
to 2000 km, and have this cited in a Footnote, 
but there was no support. Both CEPT and CITEL, 
along with the Netherlands, opposed this change. 
Colin Thomas, G3PSM, is the CEPT spokesman and 
ARRL Technical Relations Specialist Jonathan 
Siverling, WB3ERA, is the spokesman for CITEL.

Footnotes offer an administration (a country) to 
"opt out" of the decision of a WRC, creating an 
exception to the table of frequencies in the 
Radio Regulations. For example, a country may say 
that it will not use a certain service in a 
portion of the spectrum that has been designated 
for that service by the WRC. Therefore, a 
footnote is created in the Radio Regulations for 
that portion of the spectrum, indicating a 
designated use is not available in that country, 
even though it may be available in many other parts of the world.

"Another issue we have been following closely is 
the introduction of allocations for HF 
oceanographic radars, which is Agenda Item 1.15," 
Sumner said. "It is now clear that there will be 
no impact on amateur allocations, including the 5 
MHz channels we are allowed to use in the US".

Agenda Item 1.15 deals with oceanographic radar. 
"One of the candidate bands for the placement of 
oceanographic radar is 5.250-5.275 MHz," 
explained IARU Secretary Rod Stafford, W6ROD. 
"There have been a number of administrations that 
have granted amateurs access to spectrum around 5 
MHz. In fact,one of the bands listed by IARU as a 
spectrum requirement for a future allocation is 5 
MHz. If oceanographic radar is operating in the 
5.250-5.275 MHz band, that may impact the ability 
of the amateurs to obtain an allocation in that area".

One of the responsibilities of each WRC is to set 
the agenda for the next Conference; WRC-12 
delegates will therefore set the agenda for 
WRC-15. "Proposals for agenda items for WRC-15 
are still in a state of flux," Sumner explained, 
"so there is as yet nothing concrete to report. 
The agenda item for an amateur allocation around 
5300 kHz is still alive, but a positive outcome is by no means certain".

VIA the ARRL Web site.

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Vernon Ikeda - VE2MBS/VE2QQ
Pointe-Claire, Québec
RAC Blog Editor/RAC E-News/Web News Bulletin Editor


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