Panama 60m

Following AN Resolution No. 10789-Telco of 21 December 2016, which was published in Official Gazette No. 28185-A of 27 December 2016, the National Authority for Public Services (ASEP) of the Republic of Panama published their 2016 National Frequency Plan which contained the WRC-15 amateur secondary allocation of 5351.5 – 5366.5 kHz (p.36).[41]

50 MHz Band Experimentation

An RSGB draft paper proposes 50 MHz Band Plan changes to support Digital Innovation 

The document has been posted to the RSGB "C5 - VHF/Microwave Matters" forum as part of the preparations for the conference in Landshut, 16-23 September 2017.

The paper says the objective should be to enable areas where for example up to 50 kHz bandwidth channels can be made available and could be promoted for digital innovation.

Register on the Forum and download the document - http://www.thersgb.org/forums/index.php?threads/draft-paper-50-mhz-band-experimentation.277/

IARU Region 1 General Conference Landshut 2017 - https://www.iaru-r1.org/index.php/general-conference/landshut-2017
 

5 GHz - RSGB Respond to Ofcom

The RSGB has published its response to the Ofcom statement on increasing the amount of the 5 GHz band that can be used for WiFi. 

The Amateur Satellite Service has a Space-to-Earth allocation at 5830-5850 MHz.

Annex 6 of the Ofcom 5 GHz statement says regarding Fixed Satellite Service (FSS) operation in 5725-5850 MHz: 

"...once it becomes clear that this band will become used for Wi-Fi worldwide it will become less attractive for new satellites."

"In Table 2 below we show the impact that different regulatory regimes for Wi-Fi might have on the exceedance of the protection criteria of the most sensitive satellites in 5.8 GHz assuming a comprehensive Wi-Fi roll-out across Europe and Africa."

"As discussed previously, the risk of interference is an aggregate of all Wi-Fi use and so will rise slowly over a number of years rather than appearing suddenly."

"The UK cannot cause interference to 5.8 GHz satellites on its own but it is fairly likely that Europe and Africa will follow our lead. This is likely to be driven by the potential for 5.8 GHz to become a worldwide Wi-Fi band."

Response of RSGB to the Ofcom 5 GHz Statement - http://rsgb.org/main/files/2016/08/170411_RSGB_5GHz-WT-Regs-2017.pdf

Ofcom 5 GHz consultation and statement page - https://www.ofcom.org.uk/consultations-and-statements/category-1/5-GHz-Wi-Fi

Direct link to Ofcom statement PDF  - https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0032/98159/5p8-Regs.pdf