Small Changes to Australian Plan

The latest Australian Radiofrequency Spectrum Plan – ARSP 2017 – was published on the Australian Communications and Media Authority’s (ACMA) website on 3 January 2017.

Only minimal changes have been made to the previous Spectrum Plan, principally those arising from the outcomes of the 2015 World Radiocommunication Conference – WRC-15. Most of the updates involve changes to Footnotes relating to specific allocations, while relatively few comprise changes to allocations.

Of chief interest to Australian amateurs is the addition of the allocation of a 15 kHz band for the Amateur Service at 5351.5-5366.5 kHz, now widely known as the 60 metre band.

As for when access to the new 60 metre band will become available in Australia, the next step will involve amending the Amateur licence conditions, which provides all the technical parameters applicable to Australian amateur licences.

More information - http://www.wia.org.au/newsevents/news/2017/20170108-1/index.php