ARLA/CLUSTER: África do Sul toma posição sobre possiveis propostas francesas a apresentar na WRC em 2023

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

SARL position on French WRC-2023 proposal

The *SARL* (South African Radio League) have received several requests for
clarification and more information regarding the recent French proposal for
expansion of frequencies for aeronautical mobile services including the *2m
amateur band*.

The SARL responds as follows:

The sharing of the 1 240 - 1 300 MHz band with the Galileo satellite
navigation system and the proposal from France to study a range of
frequencies, including the 144 MHz amateur band, for future primary
aeronautical applications were discussed at the European Conference of
Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT) Project Team A, one of
the groups leading WRC-19 preparations. The CEPT meeting considered views
that the Galileo issue did not currently warrant a WRC-23 agenda item and
should be first investigated within CEPT. The proposal for new aeronautical
frequencies including 144 MHz was unfortunately not strongly opposed by
other administrations and has been carried forward to the higher level
CEPT- CPG meeting in August this year.

CEPT will make its final decisions during the 26 to 30 August 2019 at the
WRC-19 Conference Planning Group Meeting for proposals that will then be
put forward to ITU WRC-19 in October. If agreed at WRC, the International
Telecommunication Union (ITU) would start work on them in November 2019 and
that would continue during 2020 to 2023 for WRC-23.
The various amateur radio organisations in CEPT countries are working with
their authorities to block the proposal from being put forward as an agenda
item for WRC-23. The IARU Region 1 raised its strong opposition at the CEPT
Project Team A meeting and will continue to do so.

In South Africa, agenda items for WRC-19 and proposal for WRC-23 agenda
items are discussed at the Department of Communications led National
Preparatory Working Group for WRC-19 and South Africa's position agreed on.
South Africa's positions are lobbied for support at SADC level and
thereafter at the African Telecommunication Union for South Africa's
approach to be adopted as the African position. The SARL is a permanent
member of the NPWC and participates in all the meetings and discussion
groups. The NPWC will meet in September to review the final agenda items
and submit its position to Cabinet for approval to become the final
position and as a briefing document to delegates attending WRC-19 in Egypt.
South Africa will host the ATU APM4 at the end of August where the African
position for Agenda items are finalised. The SARL is representing the IARU
at this meeting.

"It is understandable that people are concerned about these developments,"
SARL president Nico van Rensburg, ZS6QL, said. The SARL is fully in touch
with the discussions and will lobby at the NPWC meeting for South Africa to
vote against the French proposal if it is supported by CEPT and tabled for
discussion to become an agenda item for WRC-23." It should also be noted
that if the French proposal makes the WRC-23 agenda, several study groups
will be formed to look at the feasibility of the proposal. The SARL will
lobby for South Africa authorities to have a member on the relevant study
group and brief him or her accordingly.
Nico van Rensburg said he fully understands the concerns expressed in the
various media but warns against unduly hype being created. "The SARL is
fully on top of the situation. I urge radio amateurs to show how they value
the frequency spectrum they have at their disposal by being active on the
band. The band under discussion by others, the 2-metre band, offers so many
interesting challenges and activities. I urge you to take part in the
various activities, talk around town, take part in long distant activity,
operate satellite with the recently launched AMSAT SA 2 m/70 cm Yagi,
attend the VHF workshop to be held on 20 July 2019 at the NARC.

"Radio Frequencies are in demand by many organisations and commercial
interests. There are groups that monitor band occupancy on a continual
basis and look for bands where there is low activity. My advice is do not
just listen but be active. No activity creates opportunities for others to
start making claims to satisfy their needs for spectrum. Be radioactive let
your voice be heard on the bands."

The French proposal is a clear illustration, if ever there was one needed,
for amateur radio on national and international level to speak with a
unified voice, then it is now. A strong representative national society is
most important to make that voice heard. If you are not already a member of
the SARL, join now and be part of a strong national voice to ensure a
future for Amateur Radio."

The SARL are working on both national and international levels to
contribute to a positive outcome for the forthcoming World Radio
Conference-19 items and WRC-23 Agenda proposals.

South African Radio League <http://www.sarl.org.za/Default.asp>
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