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

[Gene Smar]

True dat, IMHO.


73 de
Gene Smar  AD3F


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Vendely" <jvendely at cfl.rr.com>
To: <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 6:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] New MF Amateur Band Approved at WRC - 472 to 479 
kHz


> 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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