ARLA/CLUSTER: Radioamadores australiano continuam a lutar pela abertura da banda dos 4m (70 MHz) no pais.

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

70 MHz ham radio band for Australia?

Australia's national amateur radio society the *WIA* has expressed an
interest in getting an allocation at 70.0-70.5 MHz

WIA News reports:

On June 22 this year, the Australian Communications and Media Authority
opened consultation on proposed updates to frequency plans for the 70 to
87.5 MHz and 148 to 174 MHz VHF bands, with a closing date of 1 August 2016.

You get little time to respond these days.

As the WIA had signified interest in a 70 MHz amateur allocation to the
ACMA back in July 2014, and again in recent discussions with the ACMA, the
Spectrum Strategy Committee decided that a submission to this consultation
was in order, principally to flag the amateur radio community’s interest.

Historically, the 70.0 to 87.5 MHz band has been used by commercial,
community, government and defence communications services. The ACMA is
proposing to update its Radiocommunications Assignment and Licensing
Instruction document, which covers these VHF bands, known as R – A – L – I
~ RALI ~ MS 42.

The WIA is pitching for use of a band between 70 and 70.5 MHz that aligns
with allocations across Region 1, which covers Europe, Russia, the
Mediterranean, Middle East and Africa.

These Region 1 allocations are widely known as the four metre band.

The WIA has been aware for some time that interest in, and use of, 70 to
70.5 MHz across Australia has declined. It remains to be seen whether the
ACMA’s consultation round on RALI MS 42 will flush out renewed interest
from other stakeholders.

Whatever changes the ACMA decides to make to the RALI, there’s another step
to go, with consultation on updating the Australian Radio Frequency
Spectrum Plan to commence shortly.

The WIA will be pitching for a 70 MHz allocation, along with a suite of
other frequencies, including the 60 metre band that the World
Radiocommunications Conference agreed on last year.

This is WIA Director Roger Harrison VK2ZRH for VK1WIA News.
http://www.wia.org.au/
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