[RVRC] It's official, hams get 7KHz on MF,472~479KHz

[Marvin Bronstein]

>From ARRL Newsletter;



+ WRC-12: Amateur Radio Gets Secondary MF Allocation at WRC-12



It's official -- delegates attending the 2012 World Radio communication Conference (WRC-12) have approved a new 7-kilohertz-wide secondary allocation between 472-479 kHz for the Amateur Radio Service. Agenda Item 1.23 had both its first and second readings in Plenary Session on Tuesday, February 14; to become part of the ITU's Radio Regulations, each Agenda Item must be read twice in Plenary Session. While the Final Acts will be signed on Friday, February 17 at the close of the Conference, the new allocation will not take effect until it is entered into the Radio Regulations on January 1, 2013. In any case, no amateur can use the band until his or her national regulations are revised to implement the allocation.

More information can be found at ARRL.org



Marv,  K2VHW