VK hams gain 472-479KHz band but lose 420-430MHz

The amendment to the Radiocommunication Licence Conditions was registered on the 21/12/2012 with VK amateurs holding an Advanced licence to gain access to 472-479khz as of the 1/1/2013.

Maximum radiated power is 5 watts pX EIRP - http://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F2012L02574

However reading through the explanatory notes, it becomes clear that this document, as well as giving an extra 7 KILOHERTZ it also takes away 10 MEGAHERTZ as this document is also the authorisation to remove amateur radio access to the 420-430MHz frequency range (mostly used for linking repeaters and such tasks).

472-479 kHz in Switzerland

Swiss Regulator BAKOM says that from 1 January 2013 radio amateurs are allowed to use the band 472-479 kHz with 5 Watts EIRP

The Technical interfaces regulations have been published under RIR 1101-24 on the BAKOM web - http://www.ofcomnet.ch/cgi-bin/rir.pl?id=1101;nb=24

ARU Region 1 - http://www.iaru-r1.org/

Dutch Military still insist on 915 MHz

With almost 42 CEPT countries reporting 915-921 MHz is empty, or emptying, it is hoped the band will soon be made available for Short Range Devices (SRD).

An article by Bill Ray in The Register implies that the Dutch military appear to be just about the only obstacle to 915-921 MHz being available for SRD use on a worldwide basis.

To date there has been no globally available license exempt spectrum for SRD's available between 42 MHz and 2.4 GHz. In some countries, such as the UK, spectrum at 433-435 MHz has been used as a stop-gap which has caused considerable interference to existing licensed services.

More information - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/12/06/srd_spectrum/