ARLA/CLUSTER: IARU R1 aprova segmento de 144, 000 a 144, 035 MHz para "downlinks" de satelites em SSB/CW

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

IARU Region 1 agrees addition 2m Satellite allocation

 The minutes from the IARU Region 1 Interim meeting held in Vienna,
April 20-21, have been released.

 A number of papers related to Amateur-Satellite Service allocations
were discussed:
 • VIE13_C5_03 Increased Amateur-Satellite Service 144MHz Usage
 • VIE13_C5_05 Recommendations for DATV Transmission
 • VIE13_C5_24 Region 1 Satellite Coordinator Report
 • VIE13_C5_27 New Narrow-Band working frequencies in the 2300–2450 MHz band
 • VIE13_C5_32 2400MHz Amateur Satellites

 From an Amateur Satellite Service perspective probably the most
important paper at the conference was VIE13_C5_03 which proposed the
use of 144.000-144.035 MHz for satellite SSB/CW downlinks.

 The minutes record that Graham Shirville G3VZV presented the paper on
the increasing use of 2m by satellites and the desire to use the
under-utilized bottom of the 2m band 144.000-144.035, which had
originally been harmonized for EME activity. EME has subsequently
moved to frequencies further up the band.

 In order to accommodate some CW contests, the proposal was reduced
from 35 to 25kHz (i.e. 144.000-144.025 MHz).

 If the other IARU Region 2 and Region 3 are also willing to go for
144.000 and 144.025, then IARU Region 1 will support this proposal.

 Note: IARU Region 2 Conference is in Cancun, Mexico in September 2013.

 Read the paper VIE13_C5_03 Increased Amateur-Satellite Service 144MHz Usage
http://ukamsat.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/vie13_c5_03_increased_amateur_satellite_service_144mhz_usage.pdf

 IARU-R1 Vienna C5 meeting minutes
http://ukamsat.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/2013_vienna_c5_meeting_minutes.pdf

 The original papers for the meeting are available here.
http://ukamsat.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/2013_vienna_documents_final.pdf