Mike, in case Brennan is grabbing a quick bite or is otherwise occupied, let me jump in and advise that it is a WRC-19 agenda issue and is not one of the WRC-15 defensive items Brennan was referring to. However, while the WRC-19 agenda issue is not yet fully resolved the indications are good with regard to both bands. We should know about the WRC-19 agenda in the next few hours. Interestingly, the space operations service issue is one of the last issues remaining to be resolved. 73, Dave K1ZZ -----Original Message----- From: arrl-odv [mailto:arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org] On Behalf Of Lisenco, Mike (DIR, Hudson) Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2015 11:45 AM To: Price, Brennan, N4QX; arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:24856] Re: WRC-15 update Brennan, Thanks for the update. I wonder if you could address a point you made in your previous update to the ODV. In [arrl-odv:24843], you mention in point #2 that the 70 cm band may be in jeopardy due to "(C)onsideration of new space operations service allocations for commercial small satellites at VHF and UHF." Furthermore you say that while "our 2 meter allocation seems to be safe, but 70 cm may be affected," Could you please clarify this? You say in your current email that "all of the defensive items " you've faced have "either been resolved satisfactorily or are irreversibly on their way to that state." Does that include the issue of 70 cm? As you know, the 70 cm band is critical to our members. 73, Mike - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mike Lisenco, N2YBB Director, Hudson Division ARRL - The national association for Amateur Radio™ 917-865-3538 n2ybb@arrl.org -----Original Message----- From: Price, Brennan, N4QX Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2015 10:04 AM To: arrl-odv Subject: [arrl-odv:24855] WRC-15 update We are at most twenty hours away from the end of substantive proceedings at WRC-15, and all of the defensive items we have faced at this conference have either been resolved satisfactorily or are irreversibly on their way to that state. Within the last hour, several items for the WRC-19 agenda were formally approved. Among them is an effort to globally harmonize the 50-54 MHz allocation to the amateur service, and it appears this item will come first on the agenda, being numbered 1.1. Not that the numbering makes the work required any easier, but those that made the decision apparently did so consciously and with positive sentiment. We will likely face several defensive items on the WRC-19 agenda, all of which remain to be finalized. The IARU team remaining here has worked hard to minimize the potential impact. I will report further when the outcome is clearer. 73 de Brennan HB9/N4QX Brennan T. Price, N4QX Chief Technology Officer American Radio Relay League PO Box 3470 Oakton VA 22124-9470 Tel +1 860 594-0247 _______________________________________________ arrl-odv mailing list arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org https://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/listinfo/arrl-odv _______________________________________________ arrl-odv mailing list arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org https://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/listinfo/arrl-odv