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

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Countdown to World Radiocommunication Conference 2019

*Bryan Rawlings, VE3QN*, RAC Special Advisor, is in Geneva, Switzerland
attending Preparatory Meetings for the 2019 World Radiocommunication
Conference (WRC-19) until Friday, November 17

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


ITU WP-5A discussing Amateur Satellite Management - Credit VE3QN

Preparatory Meetings are usually held at the International
Telecommunication Union (ITU) headquarters in Geneva and are usually of two
weeks duration. 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). 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).
Canada has submitted a contribution to this meeting indicating no concerns
about interference to the Canadian users who are, of course, Radio Amateurs
since 50 – 54 MHz is a Primary Allocation in Canada. Indeed, Canadian
Amateurs would welcome harmonization of the six-metre band worldwide.

ITU-R Working Party 5A is chaired by Dr. José Costa, a Canadian, and the
Canadian Delegation to WP-5A is being chaired by Ms. Cindy-Lee Cook of ISED.

In addition to Canada, there are Amateur delegates in Geneva this time
representing their individual delegations and/or the IARU and they come
from the United States, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Germany,
Japan, Norway, Brazil and Australia.

These meetings are also debating an expansion of the frequencies, powers
and deployment of Radio Local Area Networks (RLANs) in the 5 GHz range.
Canadian Amateurs have a secondary allocation here in 5650 to 5925 MHz
which we already share with the Primary Users – principally meteorological
radars – and with ISM (Wi-Fi, etc.).

Also warranting close attention is an agenda item proposing frequencies for
wireless power transfer, e.g., charging cellphones and – significantly –
larger devices including vehicles. Frequencies under discussion lie in the
range 19 to 300 kHz and – possibly – just below the 40m Amateur band.
Depending upon the frequencies planned and the technical characteristics
there may be significant interference issues to users of the HF and VHF
spectrum.

As he has done in recent meetings, 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 about the Preparatory Meetings visit:
http://www.itu.int/en/events/Pages/Calendar-Events.aspx?sector=ITU-R

Alan Griffin
RAC MarCom Director
http://wp.rac.ca/wrc-preparatory-meetings-november2017/

Follow Bryan Rawlings VE3QN on Twitter
https://twitter.com/VE3QN
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