ARLA/CLUSTER: Presidente da IARU oferece garantias na luta contra propostas francesas sobre os 144-146 MHz

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

IARU President offers assurances regarding French 144-146 mhz proposals

International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) Presdent *Tim Ellam, VE6SH/G4HUA*,
said his organization empathizes with the concerns of radio amateurs
worldwide regarding a French proposal to allocate 144 - 146 MHz to the
Aeronautical Service on a primary basis, essentially sharing it with
Amateur Radio. The band is currently allocated to Amateur Radio on a
primary basis around the world.

Ellam this week offered assurances that the IARU is on top of the matter,
which is still a regional issue and is already working to keep the band in
the hands of radio amateurs. While the issue could end up on the agenda of
World Radiocommunication Conference 2023 (WRC-23), a lot would have to
happen first.

"There is a lot of misinformation circulating as to what the proposal is
seeking and how IARU is responding to it," Ellam told the ARRL. "While the
proposal is a concern, petitions and the like, while well intended, are
going to have very limited value and, in fact, may harm the steps being
taken in the regulatory environment."

The French proposal, submitted last month to a pre-WRC-19 European
Conference of Telecommunications and Postal Administrations (CEPT) meeting,
included 144 - 146 MHz within a range of frequencies to be studied for
future airborne, non-safety applications in the Aeronautical Service.
Germany opposed the move and the IARU "objected strongly," Ellam said.
"Nonetheless, the proposal was carried forward to the next meeting of the
CEPT Conference Preparatory Group in late August." IARU anticipates that
other countries attending the August meeting will oppose the inclusion of
144 - 146 MHz as a frequency range to be considered for the WRC-23 agenda,
Ellam said.

Since the June meeting, IARU Region 1 (Europe, Africa, and the Middle East)
has asked its member-societies to contact their national administrations
(i.e., governments) to explain the importance of the 144 - 146 MHz primary
allocation, Ellam recounted.

"IARU is also taking other actions to make its views known to those
involved in the proposal," he said. "If accepted as a WRC-23 Agenda Item,
this proposal would require 4 years of studies by administrations," Ellam
stressed.

"Considering the challenges of sharing spectrum with aeronautical systems,
it seems inevitable that the conclusion of such studies would be that
sharing with a widely used part of the amateur spectrum presents too many
problems to be viable."

Ellam encouraged individual radio amateurs who want to help to become
members of their IARU member-society. "If anything," Ellam concluded, "this
recent news should serve as a timely reminder that defence of the amateur
spectrum does not just happen. Your Member Societies and the IARU
constantly work at defending the amateur allocations."

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