[arrl-odv:24824] Global 60 meter allocation approved at WRC-15
The WRC-15 Plenary Meeting has just approved, on two back-to-back readings, the Conference's decision on agenda item 1.4, allocating 5351.5 - 5366.5 kHz to the amateur service on a secondary basis with a power limit of 15 W e.i.r.p. (with some Region 2 countries--not the United States--allowed up to 25 W e.i.r.p.). With this action, and despite conditions that are more restrictive than we had hoped at the start of the Conference, the amateur service has obtained its first new global HF allocation since 1979. The IARU team here in Geneva, supported by others monitoring remotely, is focusing our efforts on tweaking the agenda for WRC-19. It is likely, but not certain, that the agenda will include an effort to harmonize our allocation at 50 MHz. There will also likely be at least two items requiring substantial defensive efforts. At least the 47-47.2 GHz band, and possibly the 10-10.5 GHz band, will likely be identified for study for an allocation to the mobile service to accommodate "5G" IMT (future smartphones). And it is likely that part or all of the 420-450 MHz band may be considered for allocation to the space operations service for telemetry, tracking, and control of small satellites. (We appear to have successfully blocked the consideration of the two meter band, and that took a great deal of effort by those involved.) Beyond the WRC-19 agenda, we are monitoring several WRC-15 items that appear to be headed to at least acceptable, if not ideal, conclusions. We anticipate being busy through Thanksgiving morning. 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
For those interested, the US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation is meeting now to consider bill markups and is steaming their session live online. Go to http://www.commerce.senate.gov/public/ As of this writing, it appears they are on agenda item #2. S. 1685, Amateur Radio Parity Act, is agenda item #5. Watching the committee discuss and vote on S. 1685 will not only be informative but quite educational. The Senators will reveal which key arguments, points, and counterpoints -- both in favor of and against the Amateur Radio Parity Act -- prevailed and got through all the switchboards, inboxes, and staff members, to the point of resonating and being used in their deliberation. If S. 1685 is marked up, we'll know what positive chords we need to keeping striking as the bill proceeds to the Senate floor. We'll also know what attempts to oppose the bill got into the heads of the committee members, as CAI will likely try to get them into the heads of the full Senate. If the bill's markup does not prevail today due to opposing arguments or concerns, we'll know which opposing arguments or concerns need to be prioritized for addressing or countering as we continue to engage the House. 73, Brian N5ZGT
Maybe I tuned in and sent the email below out too late, thinking they were only on agenda item #2...they just adjourned. Did anyone catch what happened with respect to S. 1685, key points/arguments that seemed to have stuck, etc? 73, Brian N5ZGT On 2015-11-18 9:55, Brian Mileshosky wrote:
For those interested, the US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation is meeting now to consider bill markups and is steaming their session live online. Go to http://www.commerce.senate.gov/public/
As of this writing, it appears they are on agenda item #2. S. 1685, Amateur Radio Parity Act, is agenda item #5.
Watching the committee discuss and vote on S. 1685 will not only be informative but quite educational. The Senators will reveal which key arguments, points, and counterpoints -- both in favor of and against the Amateur Radio Parity Act -- prevailed and got through all the switchboards, inboxes, and staff members, to the point of resonating and being used in their deliberation. If S. 1685 is marked up, we'll know what positive chords we need to keeping striking as the bill proceeds to the Senate floor. We'll also know what attempts to oppose the bill got into the heads of the committee members, as CAI will likely try to get them into the heads of the full Senate. If the bill's markup does not prevail today due to opposing arguments or concerns, we'll know which opposing arguments or concerns need to be prioritized for addressing or countering as we continue to engage the House.
73,
Brian N5ZGT
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It passed the committee without discussion except for Ranking Member Nelson's comments. Dave Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID "Mileshosky, Brian, N5ZGT" <n5zgt@swcp.com> wrote: Maybe I tuned in and sent the email below out too late, thinking they were only on agenda item #2...they just adjourned. Did anyone catch what happened with respect to S. 1685, key points/arguments that seemed to have stuck, etc? 73, Brian N5ZGT On 2015-11-18 9:55, Brian Mileshosky wrote: For those interested, the US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation is meeting now to consider bill markups and is steaming their session live online. Go to http://www.commerce.senate.gov/public/ As of this writing, it appears they are on agenda item #2. S. 1685, Amateur Radio Parity Act, is agenda item #5. Watching the committee discuss and vote on S. 1685 will not only be informative but quite educational. The Senators will reveal which key arguments, points, and counterpoints -- both in favor of and against the Amateur Radio Parity Act -- prevailed and got through all the switchboards, inboxes, and staff members, to the point of resonating and being used in their deliberation. If S. 1685 is marked up, we'll know what positive chords we need to keeping striking as the bill proceeds to the Senate floor. We'll also know what attempts to oppose the bill got into the heads of the committee members, as CAI will likely try to get them into the heads of the full Senate. If the bill's markup does not prevail today due to opposing arguments or concerns, we'll know which opposing arguments or concerns need to be prioritized for addressing or countering as we continue to engage the House. 73, Brian N5ZGT _______________________________________________ arrl-odv mailing list arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org<mailto:arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org> https://reflector.arrl.org/mailman/listinfo/arrl-odv
Outstanding. Great job all! 73, Brian N5ZGT On 2015-11-18 10:11, Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ wrote:
It passed the committee without discussion except for Ranking Member Nelson's comments.
Dave
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"Mileshosky, Brian, N5ZGT" <n5zgt@swcp.com> wrote:
Maybe I tuned in and sent the email below out too late, thinking they were only on agenda item #2...they just adjourned.
Did anyone catch what happened with respect to S. 1685, key points/arguments that seemed to have stuck, etc?
73, Brian N5ZGT
On 2015-11-18 9:55, Brian Mileshosky wrote:
For those interested, the US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation is meeting now to consider bill markups and is steaming their session live online. Go to http://www.commerce.senate.gov/public/
As of this writing, it appears they are on agenda item #2. S.
1685, Amateur Radio Parity Act, is agenda item #5.
Watching the
committee discuss and vote on S. 1685 will not only be informative but quite educational. The Senators will reveal which key arguments, points, and counterpoints -- both in favor of and against the Amateur Radio Parity Act -- prevailed and got through all the switchboards, inboxes, and staff members, to the point of resonating and being used in their deliberation. If S. 1685 is marked up, we'll know what positive chords we need to keeping striking as the bill proceeds to the Senate floor. We'll also know what attempts to oppose the bill got into the heads of the committee members, as CAI will likely try to get them into the heads of the full Senate. If the bill's markup does not prevail today due to opposing arguments or concerns, we'll know which opposing arguments or concerns need to be prioritized for addressing or countering as we continue to engage the House.
73, Brian N5ZGT
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Price, Brennan, N4QX -
Sumner, Dave, K1ZZ