ARLA/CLUSTER: IARU R1 discute a quase certa perda da banda dos 23 cm

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

IARU R1 to discuss possible loss of 23 cm

A paper to be discussed at the IARU Region 1 Conference in
Varna-Albena, Bulgaria, September 21-27, 2014 highlights the threat to
continued amateur radio usage of our 23 cm allocation which is now
being used by the Galileo GPS system

The amateur 23 cm allocation includes a key Amateur Satellite Service
uplink band at 1260-1270 MHz.

Michael Kastelic OE1MCU, Chair of the IARU R1 VHF/UHF/Microwave
Committee has written the paper VA14_C5_36 which says:

After the last reports and slides received by the author, it seems
that radio amateurs will lose the 23 cm band in the near future. That
is the reason for this late proposal.

We can be optimistic, but more than a small piece of spectrum for near
band communication will not survive. Also the enthusiastic testing
with ATV on 70 cm is not a replacement for 23 cm, because this will
cause disturbance to our amateur satellites and all cars will stay
locked if the ISM band is used.

Proposal:
Radio amateurs need a new allocation (like 1300 -1310 MHz) for the
agenda of the World Radio Conference 2018 (WRC2018) so that amateurs
get back spectrum near the existing 23 cm band.

Further it is proposed to engage the EC after WRC-2015 to bring this
theme to the agenda for WRC-2018 with high priority

Read the paper at http://tinyurl.com/IARU-VA14-C5-36

Potential Interference To Galileo From 23 cm Band Operations
http://www.southgatearc.org/articles/galileo.htm

IARU R1 VHF/UHF/Microwaves discussion forum
http://www.thersgb.org/forums/index.php?forums/vhfmicrowave/

Other VHF/UHF/Microwave papers for the Conference can be downloaded from
http://www.iaru-r1.org/index.php?option=com_remository
&Itemid=&func=fileinfo&id=522