[Milsurplus] New MF Amateur Band Approved at WRC - 472 to 479 kHz

[John Vendely]

It appears the FCC would have the option to increase the power of 
stateside stations to the 5W EIRP limit, but unless they explicitly do 
so, the 1W limit would apply.  Amateurs  would not have the authority to 
do so autonomously.

73,

John K9WT

On 2/15/2012 10:57 AM, B Smith wrote:
> Reading the fine print below  .  .  .  does this mean we can bump up
> the EIRP to 5 watts? That would be quite a bit of input power?
> Perhaps 1 or 2 KW? Looks like some of the ole broadcast transmitters
> may find their way down to 472-479 Kcs.
>
> 73
> breck
>
> 5.A123  The maximum equivalent isotropically radiated power (EIRP) of
> stations in the Amateur Service using frequencies in the band 472-479
> kHz shall not exceed 1 W. Administrations may increase this limit of
> EIRP to 5 W in portions of their territory which are at a distance of
> more than 800 km from the borders of Algeria, Saudi Arabia,
> Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, China, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, United
> Arab Emirates, the Russian Federation, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan,
> Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Mauritania, Oman, Uzbekistan, Qatar,
> Syrian Arab Republic, Kyrgyzstan, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, Ukraine and
> Yemen. In this frequency band, stations in the Amateur Service shall
> not cause harmful interference to, or claim protection from, stations
> of the aeronautical radionavigation service.
>
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