ARLA/CLUSTER: Novo segmento para satelites na Região 2 da IARU

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

New satellite segment in IARU Region 2 bandplan

Following the IARU Region 2 (the Americas) meeting in September at
Cancun, Mexico, the new Region 2 bandplans for all allocations from
137 kHz to 250 GHz have now been published

There is a new allocation for the Amateur-Satellite Service from
144.000-144.025 MHz.

There is also a reference to NSS – Near Space Stations in the
definitions section. This is believed to be the first mention of High
Altitude Balloons in any radio amateur band plan document. It says

NSS - Near Space Stations:
Equipment located in temporary Near Space Stations (such as those
carried by High Altitude Balloons) can transmit carefully on any
frequency; exceptions are the segments with “exclusive” usage where
“NSS” are not applied. NSS must follow the BW and mode restrictions of
the segment and observe carefully the usual occupation of the band on
the related region to avoid harmful interference. For longer missions
and NSS crossing international and regional boundaries, extra care
must be observed in harmonization of different allocations.

A new Amateur-Satellite Service allocation at 144.000-144.025 MHz has
now been covered in both IARU Regions 1 and 2 meetings but in order
for the allocation to become a practical reality it needs to be agreed
by IARU Region 3 (Asia and Pacific). It is not yet clear if this vital
item is on the agenda for the next IARU Region 3 meeting.

See the new IARU Region 2 bandplans at
http://www.iaru-r2.org/documents/explorer/files/
Plan%20de%20bandas%20%7C%20Band-plan/R2%20Band%20Plan%202013.pdf