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   ARLB037 IARU Praises Favorable WRC-15 Result Regarding Use of Amateur Bands   
   for Non-Amateur Satellites   
      
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   ARRL Bulletin 37  ARLB037   
   > From ARRL Headquarters   
   Newington CT  December 8, 2015   
   To all radio amateurs   
      
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   ARLB037 IARU Praises Favorable WRC-15 Result Regarding Use of Amateur Bands   
   for Non-Amateur Satellites   
      
   The International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) has welcomed the exclusion from   
   consideration of all existing Amateur and Amateur-Satellite frequency   
   allocations for potential use by non-amateur satellites. World R   
   diocommunication Conference 2015 (WRC-15) last month in Geneva recommended an   
   agenda item for the next WRC in 2019 involving spectrum studies for   
   short-mission satellites that removes from consideration the Amateur-Satellite   
   allocations at 2 meters and 70 centimeters.   
      
   "This is an excellent result for the amateur services and clearly shows that   
   non-amateur satellite constructors need to consider spectrum other than the   
   very limited and congested segments that are available for amateur satellites   
   at 144 MHz and 435 MHz," said IARU President Tim Ellam, VE6SH/G4HUA.   
      
   WRC-19 Agenda Item 1.7 calls on delegates "to study the spectrum needs for   
   telemetry, tracking and command in the space operation service for non-GSO   
   satellites with short duration missions, to assess the suitability of existing   
   allocations to the space operation service and, if necessary, to consider new   
   allocations, in accordance with Resolution COM6/19 (WRC-15)."   
      
   Resolution COM6/19 specifies 150.05-174 MHz and 400.15-420 MHz as the   
   frequency ranges that may be considered for possible new allocations.   
      
   One factor the conference considered in deciding on those particular frequency   
   ranges was that, contrary to the provisions of the ITU Radio Regulations   
   defining the Amateur and Amateur-Satellite services, "some non-amateur   
   satellites have used frequencies for telemetry, tracking and command in the   
   frequency bands 144-146 MHz and 435-438 MHz which are allocated to the   
   Amateur-Satellite Service."   
      
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