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<H1>CEPT meetings in Istanbul</H1>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>International Amateur Radio Union Region 1 members will
take part in two <STRONG>CEPT</STRONG> meetings in Istanbul on March 30-31 and
April 6-9.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>From IARU Region 1 website:<BR>CEPT Meetings in Istanbul by
Colin Thomas, G3PSM, External Relations Committee Chairman</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>Members of the IARU Region 1 ERC will take part in two
separate CEPT European Communications Office meetings that will take place in
Istanbul over the coming weeks. <BR><BR><STRONG>Panayot Danev LZ1US</STRONG>
will represent IARU Region 1 at the annual Civil/Military meeting of the
<STRONG>Frequency Management Working Group</STRONG> (FMWG) that takes place over
the <STRONG>30th and 31st March 2010</STRONG> and this will be closely followed
by a meeting of the <STRONG>WRC-12 Conference Preparatory Group Project Team
C</STRONG> which takes place between the <STRONG>6th and 9th April
2010</STRONG>.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>While there are no immediate matters to concern the amateur
services during the Civil/Military meeting it is always a good opportunity to
have a presence in case matters arise that could affect our
interests.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>The fact that the meeting Chairman is Russian and Panayot
speaks the language is an added bonus.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>The Project Team C (PT-C) meeting will discuss, amongst
other things, WRC-12 Agenda Item 1.23 which is the IARU proposal for a secondary
frequency allocation around 500 kHz. <STRONG>Ulrich Mueller DK4VW</STRONG> the
Region 1 HF Manager will represent DARC in the German delegation while
<STRONG>John Gould G3WKL</STRONG> will be in the UK delegation as the RSGB
representative.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>The CEPT Coordinator for this agenda item is <STRONG>Colin
Thomas G3PSM</STRONG>. There will also be a number of other licensed radio
amateurs within their respective delegations representing either their
administrations or organisations.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>Perhaps this is a good opportunity to <STRONG>remind
readers who are members of their national societies and have an interest in this
agenda item that a 500 kHz</STRONG> discussion forum does exist within the
<STRONG>IARU-R1 website</STRONG>.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>If you are interested in taking part in these discussions
and can provide a technical input to prepare for WRC-12 please contact us
via<BR></FONT><A
href="http://www.iaru-r1.org/index.php?option=com_qcontacts&view=category&catid=35&Itemid=82"
target=_blank><FONT
face=Tahoma>http://www.iaru-r1.org/index.php?option=com_qcontacts&view=category&catid=35&Itemid=82</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>IARU Region 1<BR></FONT><A href="http://www.iaru-r1.org/"
target=_blank><FONT face=Tahoma>http://www.iaru-r1.org/</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>CEPT<BR></FONT><A href="http://www.cept.org/"
target=_blank><FONT face=Tahoma>http://www.cept.org/</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>European Communications Office<BR></FONT><A
href="http://www.ero.dk/" target=_blank><FONT
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