New European Table of Frequency Allocations

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A new edition of the European Table of Frequency Allocations in the range 8.3 kHz to 3000 GHz has been released by CEPT Working Group Frequency Management (WG FM). 

Much of this work is carried out by the CEPT European Communications Office (ECO) on behalf of WG FM and a fully searchable electronic version of the European Common Allocation (ECA) table.

Among the changes the EUxx footnotes have been renamed to ECAxx and the new Amateur Radio secondary allocation at 5351.5 kHz - 5366.5 kHz has been included.

ECO Frequency Information System - http://www.efis.dk/

Download the ECA Table PDF - http://www.erodocdb.dk/Docs/doc98/official/pdf/ERCREP025.PDF

Australian Radio Operator Fined and Off Air

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Earlier this month, a court in Australia passed a conviction of Dan Morris for operating a “radiocommunications transmitter without authority”

The Australian regulator ACMA brought the action after discovering that Morris was broadcasting a reggae music station without a licence.

The station was transmitting on 99.4Mhz within the commercial FM band, with an output of 150W.

Morris defended his actions by claiming he was “serving the needs of a specific community” with his station.

Morris set-up the station after being rejected by his local community station, and then his unsuccessful attempt to gain an ACMA licence.

The court in Wollongong fined Morris $1500 and confiscated his equipment

Story - https://www.radioinfo.com.au/news/wollongong-pirate-radio-operator-air-and-fined-1500

New Zealand Radio Hams Request 222-223 MHz

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In a letter to the Radio Spectrum Management Policy and Planning manager, the New Zealand Association of Radio Transmitters (NZART) request an amateur radio allocation at 222-223 MHz 

NZART is always on the lookout for spectrum that has different characteristics from that to which we already have access. The 174 to 230 MHz band clearly fits in this category – having characteristics quite different from the two adjacent (144 MHz and 430 MHz) amateur bands.

NZART have requested that the small allocation (222 – 223 MHz) be made available to the NZ Amateurs to allow them to further both the self-training and technical investigations purposes of the Service.

NZART - http://www.nzart.org.nz/