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<H1>438 MHz DGPS network to move to 444 MHz</H1>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>The Belgium UBA website reports a satisfactory conclusion
to the problem of proposed Dutch network using the Amateur Radio 70cm band for
Differential GPS (DGPS)</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>The Dutch, Belgium, and German national societies
(VERON/UBA/DARC) worked closely together to achieve a lasting solution to the
interference problem raised by the planned nationwide network of a Belgian
company on Dutch territory. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>The network had been assigned frequencies in the Amateur
band between 438-440 MHz but they will now be assigned frequencies at 444 and
445 MHz instead.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>The UBA say the next challenge will be to move the
frequency of the existing DGPS applications from the Amateur band to this new
frequency range.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>The official announcement regarding DGPS appeared in the
Kingdom of Netherlands Gazette dated January 26, 2010<BR></FONT><A
href="http://tinyurl.com/yj3rx5u" target=_blank><FONT
face=Tahoma>http://tinyurl.com/yj3rx5u</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>Royal Union of Belgian Radio Amateurs (UBA) in Google
English<BR></FONT><A href="http://tinyurl.com/BelgiumUBA" target=_blank><FONT
face=Tahoma>http://tinyurl.com/BelgiumUBA</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>Sept. 2009 Dutch authorities propose rebanding D-STAR into
70cm satellite band<BR></FONT><A
href="http://www.southgatearc.org/news/september2009/dutch_threat_to_satellite_band.htm"
target=_blank><FONT
face=Tahoma>http://www.southgatearc.org/news/september2009/dutch_threat_to_satellite_band.htm</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>Sept. 2009 D-Star frequencies in the
Netherlands<BR></FONT><A
href="http://www.southgatearc.org/news/september2009/dstar_frequencies_in_the_netherlands.htm"
target=_blank><FONT
face=Tahoma>http://www.southgatearc.org/news/september2009/dstar_frequencies_in_the_netherlands.htm</FONT></A><BR></P></BODY></HTML>