ARLA/CLUSTER: Contagem Final para a World Radiocommunication Conference 2019

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Countdown to World Radiocommunication Conference 2019

Bryan Rawlings, VE3QN, RAC Special Avisor, is in Geneva, Switzerland
attending Preparatory Meetings for the World Radiocommunication
Conference (WRC).

The current meetings are the third of a series of meetings which will
continue until just before WRC-19 now scheduled to be held in Geneva
from October 28 to November 22, 2019.

Preparatory Meetings are almost always two weeks in duration and are
held at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) headquarters
in Geneva. This time Bryan is attending as a member of the Canadian
Delegation and also as an Expert Consultant for the International
Amateur Radio Union (IARU).

Preparatory Meetings primarily prepare documents on the agenda items
identified for the upcoming WRC. They are in turn preceded by meetings
and the submission of documents from the participating
administrations, for example, Canada through its authorized government
agency, the Department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development
(ISED; formerly Industry Canada). Canada is represented by ISED. The
RAC representative is made a member of the delegation by invitation
and Bryan's role is to advise on Amateur issues.

The principal Amateur Radio issue is an international authorization of
the 50 to 54 MHz band in ITU Region 1 (Europe, Africa and the Middle
East) – not a critical issue for Canadian Amateurs.

Also under consideration are:

1) an expansion of Radio Local Area Networks (RLANs) into the 5 GHz
band. Amateurs have a secondary allocation here in 5650 to 5925 MHz
which we already share with the Primary Users and with ISM (Wi-Fi,
etc.).

2) proposals to study frequencies for wireless power transfer, e.g.,
charging cellphones and bigger devices. Depending upon the frequencies
planned and the technical characteristics there may be a significant
potential for interference to Amateurs.

3) studying the possible frequency range for International Mobile
Telephony (IMT) in a range between 24.25 and 81.5 GHz. Radio Amateurs
will be carefully watching our Primary allocation in 47 to 47.2 GHz.

As was the case during the WRC-15 conference, Bryan will be tweeting
comments on Amateur Radio issues from the meeting using the hashtag
#RACatITU. You can also follow him via @ractweets.

Bryan will also be including a report in the next issue of The
Canadian Amateur magazine at the conclusion of the meetings.

For more information visit the RAC website at:
http://wp.rac.ca/wrc-preparatory-meetings-may2017/

Radio Amateurs of Canada