2016 ITU Radio Regulations Released

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The 2016 ITU Radio Regulations have been released, available as a free download via the ITU website, in English and five other languages.

“This global treaty known as the ITU Radio Regulations, and upon which mobile communications and all other uses of the wireless technology internationally depend, is celebrating its 110th anniversary - An incredible success story!”
— ITU Secretary-General Houlin Zhao

Coming into force from 1st January 2017, the regulations are the result of the work following the World Radiocommunication Conference 2015.

An event to celebrate the 110th anniversary of the Radio Regulations will take place at the World Radiocommunication Seminar (WRS-16) being held in Geneva from 12 – 16 December 2016.

ITU Radio Regulations - https://www.itu.int/pub/R-REG-RR-2016

GeoSync Ham Radio Satellite

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Gary Pearce KN4AQ has released the video of the Digital Communications Conference presentation about the AMSAT payload for a geosynchronous satellite 

AMSAT-NA is developing a “hosted payload” for a spacecraft that Millennium Space Systems (MSS) of El Segundo, California, is under contract to design, launch, and operate for the US government. 

The satellite’s potential footprint could extend over the US from the Mid-Pacific to Africa.

The amateur radio payload will comprise a Software Defined Transponder capable of supporting many different modes, including analog SSB.

What does a geosynchronous orbit look like? - https://amsat-uk.org/satellites/geosynchronous/na-gso-sat/

“We’ve been hearing about a Geosynchronous satellite for the Western Hemisphere for a while now, but not many details. In this episode from the DCC, project leader Bob McGwier N4HY fills in a lot of blanks. There’s no launch date yet, and maybe not quite enough info to start building your ground station (a ‘Five & Dime’ setup - 5 GHz up, 10 GHz down), but you can start thinking about it.”
— Gary Pearce KN4AQ

Ham Track Unauthorised Radio Comms

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Amateur radio operators in south Bengal have raised alarm over unauthorised radio communication along the Bengal-Bangladesh border 

The communication is taking place using radio signals (very high frequency) at dead in the night and the sources of the signals are moving and speaking in code languages.

“After we wrote a letter highlighting the strange signals to the ministry of communication and information technology, we were called for a meeting by officials of international monitoring station in Kolkata on September 22. Ten of us met the officials and furnished the details of our findings.

We were asked to continue the monitoring. Twenty three of our ham operators monitored round the clock during Pujas. On Asthami we once again found such unauthorized communication. It is a cause for concern for us all since the location is close to Bangladesh border and that the callers were taking in codes and words with Bangladeshi pronunciation.”
— Ambarish Nag Biswas VU2JFA, Secretary Bengal Amateur Radio Club.

Radio sets were found with the terrorists in recent Uri attacks that were used by them for communication with their bases in Pakistan.

Alarmed Ham operators have deployed 23 operators to monitor the signals round the clock.

Media Story - 
http://www.hindustantimes.com/kolkata/terror-chatter-ham-users-track-unauthorised-radio-communications-on-bengal-bangla-borders/story-7r9cy5NnvJhLpmHxygAn6N.html


West Bengal Radio Club - 
http://wbradioclub.in/