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<H1>Spectrum requirements for the Amateur Services</H1>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>Revised requirements for the Amateur and Amateur-satellite
Services are now available on the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU)
website. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>Among the requirements are:</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>- Expansion of the Amateur and Amateur-satellite Services
allocation at 18068-18168 kHz to one of 250 kHz bandwidth</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>- Expansion of the Amateur and Amateur-satellite Services
allocation at 24890-24990 kHz to one of 250 kHz bandwidth</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>- A harmonised allocation at 50 MHz for the
Amateur-satellite Service to bridge the gap between 28 MHz and 144
MHz.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>- Expansion of the existing band 435-438 MHz which is
heavily used by unmanned amateur satellites and Amateurs on manned space
stations.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>- Deletion of the "Earth-to-space only" restriction for
1260-1270 MHz</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>- 75 GHz of spectrum in the band 275-1000 GHz for the
Amateur Services</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>- A 15 kHz allocation around 500 kHz</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>- A 150 kHz allocation near 5 MHz</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma><STRONG>The document notes that a growing concern is the
<FONT size=4><U>proliferation of low power devices</U></FONT> in the ISM band
<FONT size=4>4<U>33.05-434.79 MHz (centre frequency 433.92 MHz</U>)
</FONT>permitted in some European countries under RR No.
5.280</STRONG>.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>Read the full document 'Spectrum Requirements for the
Amateur and Amateur-satellite Services' at<BR></FONT><A
href="http://www.iaru.org/ac-09spec.pdf" target=_blank><FONT
face=Tahoma>http://www.iaru.org/ac-09spec.pdf</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>International Amateur Radio Union (IARU)<BR></FONT><A
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