Ofcom Auction of Former Amateur / Ham Radio Spectrum

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Ofcom has confirmed plans for releasing valuable new airwaves that could be used to meet the growing demand for mobile broadband services 

An auction is planned to take place in early 2016 for the spectrum, which has been made available by the Ministry of Defence as part of a wider Government initiative to free up public sector spectrum for civil uses.

A total of 190 MHz of high-capacity spectrum is being made available in two bands – 2.3 GHz and 3.4 GHz – which are particularly suited for high-speed mobile broadband services. This is equivalent to around three-quarters of the spectrum released by Ofcom through the 4G auction in 2013.

Ofcom has also published details of the auction process and is setting reserve prices totalling £70m for the spectrum.

The spectrum to be auctioned comprises 2350-2390 MHz, 3410-3480 MHz, 3500-3580 MHz.

2.3 and 3.4 GHz Auction - http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/consultations/2.3-3.4-ghz-auction-design/statement/

2.3 and 3.4 GHz Notice - http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/consultations/notice-2.3-3.4-ghz-spectru

Antarctic Station DP1POL

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Felix, DL5XL, will once again be active as DP1POL from the German Neumayer Station III (WW Loc. IB59UH) between November 2015 and February 2016.

 

Felix will be activity on all HF bands using mainly CW and possibly some SSB and Digital modes.

QSL via DL1ZBO or LoTW.

Felix will be joined by Marcus, DL1MH, who is expected to be active as DP0GVN from the same station between December 2015 to February 2017.

His activity will be on the HF bands using mainly SSB.

QSL DP0GVN via DL5EBE.

Felix Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/dl5xl?fref=ts

Rapid Deployment Amateur / Ham Radio (RaDAR)

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On the 7th November 2015, the next International Ham Radio RaDAR challenge will take place between 00:00 UTC to 23.:59 UTC.

 

Each contestant will have 24 hours to make as many contacts as possible, with a twist. After each 5 contacts made, the station has to be relocated!

Rapid Deployment Amateur Radio (RaDAR) (Google+) - https://plus.google.com/communities/109283065808971118728