ARLA/CLUSTER: Radioamadores australianos pedem ao seu governo um aumento da potencia de emissão de 400W para 1 kW em HF

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

RASA calls for 1 kW for VK

The Radio Amateur Society of Australia (RASA) has written to the
Australian Government radio regulator seeking an increase in output
power from 400W to 1kW for advanced class amateurs.

RASA Secretary, Dr. Andrew Smith, VK6AS, produced a research/
background paper on how the issues of higher power at HF and EMR/I/C
limits are managed in other countries.

The paper concludes that:

• there is no health or occupational health reason preventing power
limits for (Australian) Radio Amateurs in the HF/VHF/UHF bands to be
increased; and

• there is little or no evidence that suggests that an increase in
power will increase complaints of RFI.

The complete executive summary and paper may be found at:
http://vkradioamateurs.org/%EF%BB%BF1-kw
-for-advanced-licencees/