ARLA/CLUSTER: Radioamador alemão escreve ao Ministro da Justiça contra a poluição do espectro radioelectrico

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

Protection of the radio spectrum

The DARC report that Kurt Röhlig DL3UXI has written an open letter to
the German Minister of Justice about the increasing pollution of the
radio spectrum

A translation of the story says:

Kurt Röhlig DL3UXI notes that increasingly our vital radio spectrum is
contaminated by electromagnetic interference. In urban areas, the
concentration of electrical devices that do not or no longer comply
with the Essential Requirements of the EMC Directive is so great that
reception of Long, Medium and Short-wave radio transmissions may no
longer possible. Technologies such as PLC / PLT even use electricity
networks for data communication and thereby radiate electromagnetic
interference.

Kurt has now written an open letter to the Minister of Justice. In it,
he argues for a rethinking of policy with regard to RF noise
emissions, especially on the self-certification of equipment by
manufacturers. He also criticized the insufficient market surveillance
and the impotence of test and measurement service, the Federal Network
Agency, which is no longer up to the various interference scenarios.

Ultimately, all citizens can be affected if BOS (Emergency services),
Army and Air traffic control have to deal with more and more
interference.

Letters of support can be sent to the ministries or other stakeholders.

Read the open letter of Kurt Röhlig DL3UXI
http://www.df8th.de/PLC/Offener_Brief_17_09_2013.doc

The letter highlights that the PLC draft standard EN 50561-1 violates
various EC directives and EMC legislation by relaxing the emission
limits by almost 10,000 times over much of the HF spectrum.

Don Beattie G3BA explained the impact of EN 50561-1 in August 2012, see
http://www.southgatearc.org/news/august2012/
new_draft_plt_standard_pren50561_1.htm

Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive 2004/108/EC PDF Document
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?
uri=OJ:L:2004:390:0024:0037:EN:PDF

DARC in Google English
http://tinyurl.com/GermanyDARC