[karc] Fwd: [RAC-Bulletin] RAC Bulletin 2012-010E - Good News from WRC12 ? A New Band at 600 metres .

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>RAC Bulletin 2012-010E - Good News from WRC12  A New Band at 600 metres.
>2012-02-14
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>At its Plenary meeting held 14 February 2012 in 
>Geneva the World Radiocommunication Conference 
>approved a new secondary frequency allocation to 
>the Amateur Radio Service at 472 to 479 kHz. 
>Having passed First and Second Readings it is 
>normally a formality that this change be 
>included in the WRC-12 Final Acts when the 
>Conference concludes February 17th. The Table of 
>Frequency Allocations would then be amended accordingly.
>
>The new band at 600 metres will represent the 
>return of amateurs to the medium waves - an area 
>of spectrum we have not had access to since the 
>earliest days of radio regulation.
>
>As a secondary user, amateur radio shares 472 - 
>479 kHz with the Maritime Mobile Service who are 
>the primary user in all three ITU Regions and 
>with the Aeronautical Radionavigation Service 
>who are a Secondary user except as noted in the following.
>
>The new allocation to the amateur service is 
>accompanied by several footnotes including, i) a 
>number of countries will identify their intent 
>to elevate the status of their Aeronautical 
>Radionavigation Service to Primary as a step in 
>ensuring protection from secondary users, and 
>ii) the power which radio amateurs may use in 
>472 to 479 kHz will be limited to 5 watts 
>(e.i.r.p.) except for amateur stations within 
>800 km of the borders of a number of countries - 
>principally Russia, many of the former Soviet 
>bloc and the Arab states. For those affected amateurs the limit will be 1 watt.
>
>It is, of course, up to individual 
>administrations to authorize use of the band by 
>their amateurs. In the case of Canada, it seems 
>certain that such authorization will be 
>forthcoming; however, the process which has to be followed may take some time.
>
>Canadian radio amateurs have played a central 
>role in arriving at this successful outcome. The 
>documents submitted through the ITU in support 
>of this allocation were largely authored by 
>Canadian amateurs - as was the important work 
>done in assessing the efficiency of the antennas 
>radio amateurs would likely use. Canadian 
>amateurs have been present at ITU meetings in 
>Geneva since 2009 to advance the cause of this 
>allocation. Our regulator, Industry Canada, has 
>been outstanding in their support of our work 
>and in ensuring today's success. Finally, our 
>colleagues in the IARU, ARRL, RSGB, and DARC have all played major roles.
>
>Bryan Rawlins, VE3QN
>Amateur Representative on the WRC12 Canadian Delegation
>
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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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