<div dir="ltr"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:medium"><tbody style="box-sizing:border-box"><tr style="box-sizing:border-box"><td style="box-sizing:border-box"><div id="gmail-story" style="box-sizing:border-box;width:618.4px;font-size:16px;height:auto;float:left"><h1 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:16pt">BIPT repeals ham radio power reduction</h1><p style="box-sizing:border-box">Belgium&#39;s amateur radio society, the <strong style="box-sizing:border-box">UBA</strong>, informed the Regulator BIPT of their objections to the Decision of BIPT Council that cut Basic license (ON3) power from 50w to 10w and withdrew the 1.8 and 50 MHz bands <br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">A Google translation of the UBA post reads: <br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">BIPT has now confirmed that the Council Decision of March 20, 2019 has been repealed. The previous Council Decision of April 24, 2012 will remain in force for the time being.<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">On Monday, March 25 we informed the BIPT Council of our objections to the Decision of the BIPT Council of March 20.<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">Almost immediately we received a reply that our objections are being investigated and a few hours later the references to the decision of the BIPT website have been removed. The decision itself is still on the BIPT website: <br style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="https://www.bipt.be/public/files/nl/22777/Beluit_Frequentieplan_RAM_2019-03-20.pdf" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration-line:none">https://www.bipt.be/public/files/nl/22777/Beluit_Frequentieplan<br style="box-sizing:border-box">_RAM_2019-03-20.pdf</a><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">This could indicate that the decision has been (provisionally) withdrawn, but no formal confirmation has yet been received from BIPT.<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">We hope for a new consultation with BIPT to find a solution that is more favorable for our ON3s than the decision of March 20.<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">As stated in the previous article: undoubtedly to be continued! <br style="box-sizing:border-box">UBA <a href="https://tinyurl.com/BelgiumUBA" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration-line:none">https://tinyurl.com/BelgiumUBA</a></p>BIPT decision on ham radio frequencies, modes and power <br style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2019/march/bipt-decision-on-ham-radio-frequencies-modes-and-power.htm" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration-line:none">http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2019/march/bipt-decision-on-ham-radio-frequencies-modes-and-power.htm</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>