On the heels of the FCC Omnibus R&O (Report and Order) the FCC is now
requesting comments on the WRC-2007 agenda.
Here are a few of the items being considered:
Review of all frequencies between 4 and 15 Mhz excluding
7.0 to 7.2 Mhz which was settled at WRC-2003.
Under this review, expaning the 40 meter band to the full 300 Khz is on the
IARU agenda. Thus 7200 to 7300 is on the table. Further, a 150 khz band at
5 Mhz to replace the 5 discrete US channels and other such small allocations
in the UK is being proposed. The main focus is emergency use on a secondary
basis in light of the natural disasters of the past several years.
Go to the ARRL Web page for more details and how to send email comments.
Having a 300 khz band at 40 meters would solve many more of the allocation
problems now being discussed
for the current band and the expanded world wide band in March 2009.
Dave K4JRB
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