WIA Drafting 2-metre and 70-centimetre Band Plans

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After a wide consultation process on the draft 2-metre and 70-centimetre band plans, the WIA are considering many of the useful ideas and comments suggested.

The WIA board are planning their next meeting, where they intends to do a final review and approve the new band plans

Earlier this year all other band plans were reviewed. The final band plans

will be put on the WIA website and published in the 2016 Australian Callbook.

Swedish 160m Proposal

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In a consultation on licence exempt regulations, the Swedish amateur radio regulator, PTS, has proposed increasing the power in 1900-1950 kHz from 10 to 100 watts

Currently 1 kW is permitted in 1810-1850 kHz and 10 watts in the rest of the band. The Swedish national society, the SSA, says it wants the PTS, when possible, to considering further increase of the allowed power to 1 kW in the whole band 1810-2000 kHz, alternatively an increase to 100 W in the sub-band 1850-2000 kHz.

The proposed changes in the licence exempt regulations cover call signs for training and demonstration, and the use of automatic amateur radio by those who do not have amateur radio licence.

Read the SSA story - http://tinyurl.com/PTS-2015-160m

Amateur radio was made licence exempt in Sweden in 2004 - https://www.pts.se/upload/Documents/EN/Radio_amateurs.pdf

SSA in Google English - http://tinyurl.com/SwedenSSA

70 MHz Access for German Radio Hams

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The Deutscher Amateur Radio Club (DARC) report radio amateurs in Germany will have access to the 70 MHz band during the Sporadic-E season 

Holders of the class A license are able to use a limited portion of the band. In the Official Journal of Communication no. 412/2015 of April 29, 2015 the following provisions were published: 

  • Frequency range: 70.150 MHz to 70.180 MHz
  • Transmission power: 25 watts ERP
  • Maximum bandwidth: 12 kHz
  • All classes of emission
  • Antennas: horizontal polarization
  • Period: from now until August 31, 2015

The Amateur Radio is a secondary user and has to ensure the protection of the primary radio services.

Deutscher Amateur Radio Club (DARC) in Google English - http://tinyurl.com/GermanyDARC