[HCDX] UK amateurs poised to use 7100-7200 kHz

[Fabrizio Magrone <fabrizio.magrone@xxxxxx>]

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The ARRL Letter
Vol. 23, No. 39
October 1, 2004
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* UK amateurs poised to get bigger 40-meter band: Amateur Radio operators
in the United Kingdom hope to soon have a bigger 40 meter band. UK
telecommunications regulator Ofcom has announced plans to extend 40 meters
by an additional 100 kHz to 7000-7200 kHz for Foundation, Intermediate and
Full Amateur Radio licensees in the UK. Ofcom says the band extension
would be a secondary allocation to the Amateur Service on the basis that
amateurs not cause interference to other services within or outside the
UK. Allowable modes would include CW, phone, RTTY, data, facsimile and
SSTV. Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB) Spectrum Forum Chairman and HF
Manager Colin Thomas, G3PSM, says that barring the unlikely event of an
objection, the additional 100 kHz should become available to UK amateurs
Sunday, October 31. Ofcom has invited comments on the proposal until
October 23.--The Daily DX <http://www.dailydx.com>; RSGB

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