[SFDXA] ARLB034 World Radiocommunication Conference Approves Global 60 Meter Allocation!

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ARLB034 World Radiocommunication Conference Approves Global 60 Meter 
Allocation!

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ARRL Bulletin 34  ARLB034
>From  ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT November 19, 2015
To all radio amateurs

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ARLB034 World Radiocommunication Conference Approves Global 60 Meter 
Allocation!

The Plenary Meeting of the 2015 World Radiocommunication Conference 
(WRC-15) in Geneva has approved an allocation of 5351.5-5366.5 kHz to 
the Amateur Service on a secondary basis with a power limit of 15 W 
effective isotropic radiated power (EIRP). The November 18 decision on 
Agenda Item 1.4 was adopted on two back-to-back readings. Some Region 2 
countries, but not the US, will be permitted up to 25 W EIRP. With this 
action, and despite conditions that are more restrictive than had been 
hoped at the start of the Conference,
the Amateur Service has obtained its first new global HF allocation 
since 1979. The new band will not become available until and unless the 
FCC adopts the Acts of the Conference and establishes operating rules. 
Until then, the five discrete channels will remain in place.

The International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) team in Geneva is now 
focusing its efforts on tweaking the agenda for WRC-19. It is likely, 
but not certain, that the agenda will include an effort to harmonize the 
Amateur Radio allocation at 50 MHz. A proposed agenda item to align the 
160 meter allocation in Region 1 with the rest of the world is no longer 
under active consideration.

The WRC-19 agenda will also likely pose spectrum defense challenges, 
including the possible consideration of the 144 MHz and 430 MHz Amateur 
Radio allocations for sharing with the space operations service, and the 
possible consideration of one or more bands above 10 GHz for 5G 
smartphone use. The bounds of these potential defensive items, however, 
are still under discussion.

The IARU team continues to monitor several other WRC-15 items that 
appear to be headed toward acceptable conclusions. WRC-15 continues 
through the signing of the Final Acts onNovember 27.
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