Proposed French Amateur Radio Exam Changes and 60m Access

The Directorate General for Enterprise (DGE) intends to make changes to the amateur radio exams and permit the WRC-15 60m allocation

France currently has a single 40 question HAREC amateur radio exam, however, one point is deducted for each wrong answer on the paper.

The good news is this rule is to be scrapped and a wrong answer will simply count as nil points.

It seems DGE also plans to introduce exam questions covering DSP, Sampling, Nyquist, Convolution, Anti-aliasing, and ADC/DAC.

DR@F additionally report that French radio amateurs will gain access to the WRC-15 60m band 5351.5-5366.5 kHz Secondary with 15 watts EIRP.

See the DR@F Twitter feed at - https://twitter.com/DigitalHam

DR@F website in Google English - https://tinyurl.com/FranceDRAF

Italians Gain 60m Access

Italian radio amateurs have just been allocated a slice of spectrum on the 60 metre band.

They will be allowed to use 5.3515 MHz to 5.3665 MHz on a secondary basis with a maximum equivalent isotropic power of 15 W (e.i.r.p.).

This follows the pattern set by many other European countries that have obtained similar allocations.

More Information - https://ei7gl.blogspot.com/2018/10/italy-gains-access-to-60-metre-band.html

24 and 47 GHz 5G Spectrum FCC Auction

The FCC has announced it is to make additional spectrum available for 5G services by auctioning spectrum that includes 24.25-24.45, 24.75-25.25 and 47.2-48.2 GHz.

FCC’s 5G FAST Plan - https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-354326A1.pdf