Topband: Am I the only one in step?

[Don Beattie]

That could be one reading, Don.

The other is that WRC Agenda time is intensely sought after, for many changes to spectrum allocations.

IARU was confronted with the prospect of failing on both its bids for WRC19 Agenda items and in effect prioritised the other (global allocation at 50 MHz) above the  Region 1 1.8MHz issue. Parts of the world (again particularly Region 1) don't have anything at 50 MHz and that seemed to offer the best prospect of gain for the most. So AI 1.1 at WRC 19 addresses that issue, and 1.8MHz extension/relaxation fell by the wayside. Again the 50MHz case results from spectrum clearance after band 1 broadcasting has dwindled to nearly zero.

73

Don, G3BJ / G5W

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> On 6 Mar 2016, at 08:22, Donald Chester <k4kyv at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> So what I read into all this is:  that those shared and excluded frequencies are allocated to other occupants that now rarely ( if ever) use them, but that national administrations don't think the amateur radio issue is important enough to take on the task of co-ordinating with other countries in the region, to fully return them to amateurs?
> 
> Don, k4kyv
> 
> 
>>> 
> IARU tried at WRC 2015 to get an agenda item for WRC 2019 on the global
> harmonisation of the 160m band. We failed - there was simply not enough
> support from national administrations, many of whom could not see the
> priority. So although IARU can continue to seek harmonisation, the reality
> is that this is not going to happen any time soon, sadly. 
>>> 
> 
>> The use of that spectrum by others has reduced very significantly. I cannot
> say that there are no other users, but it's not like it used to be when the
> current spectrum allocations were originally agreed.
> 
>> That is the reason that IARU raised the matter as a potential agenda item
> for WRC 19.
> 
>> If you look at the detail of the allocations, some countries are observing
> the power levels implicit in the ITU schedules, whilst others are not.
> 
>> There may, therefore, be some scope for national agreements to improve the
> situation.  
>> 73 Don, G3BJ / G5W
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