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   At World Radiocommunication Conference 2015 (WRC-15), currently under way in   
   Geneva, the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) has reported further   
   progress toward reaching consensus on a new 15 kHz-wide global secondary 60   
   meter Amateur Radio    
   allocation at 5351.5-5366.5 kHz. Last week, Conference Working Group 4B agreed   
   to the global secondary allocation, with power limits designed to protect   
   primary services from harmful interference. The current compromise within the   
   working group making    
   the allocation possible now has cleared Committee 4, but one hurdle remains,   
   and the issue is not final until it too is cleared.   
      
   "While this is a positive step to a worldwide secondary amateur allocation at   
   5 MHz it is not yet final until it has been approved by the Conference   
   Plenary," said IARU President Tim Ellam, VE6SH, who attended the first part of   
   the WRC-15. "The 15 kHz    
   allocation on a secondary basis is the result of significant compromise by a   
   number of stakeholders in this portion of the spectrum. It will provide the   
   opportunity for access to 60 meters for countries that do not presently have a   
   domestic allocation."   
      
   As WRC-15 convened on November 2, a number of administrations and the regional   
   telecommunications organization (RTO) representing Russia and 10 of its   
   neighboring countries (RCC) were strongly and actively opposed to the new   
   amateur allocation. After    
   more than a dozen sub working group meetings, it became clear that the widest   
   achievable allocation was 15 kilohertz, and that a power limit in the   
   neighborhood of 15 W effective isotropic radiated power (EIRP) would have to   
   be part of the package.   
      
   "It took all the effort and resources of the entire IARU team to ensure this   
   15 kHz compromise and to persuade some administrations to abandon their   
   no-allocation position," said IARU Vice President Ole Garpestad LA2RR.   
      
   In other WRC-15 developments, a possible agenda item at the next WRC for an   
   amateur allocation at 50 MHz in Region 1 cleared its first hurdle. A proposed   
   agenda item to align the 160 meter allocation in Region 1 with the rest of the   
   world was not likely    
   to be accepted, however.   
      
   In addition to Ellam and Garpestad, the members of the IARU WRC-15 team   
   included IARU Region 2 President Reinaldo Leandro, YV5AM, and IARU Region 1   
   Vice President Faisal Al-Ajmi, 9K2RR.   
      
   A number of other amateurs were part of the IARU WRC-15 team while serving on   
   a national delegation. They include  Colin Thomas, G3PSM; Hans Blondeel   
   Timmerman, PB2T; Ken Yamamoto, JA1CJP;Bryan Rawlings, VE3QN; Tafa Diop, 6W1KI;   
   Don Wallace, ZL2TLL;    
   Dale Hughes, VK1DSH' Flávio Archangelo, PY2ZX; Ulrich Mueller, DK4VW; Brennan   
   Price, N4QX, and Jon Siverling WB3ERA. Price and Siverling, both of the ARRL   
   Technical Relations Office, are serving on the US delegation to WRC-15.   
      
   IARU hosted a small reception at WRC-15 on November 10 which was attended by a   
   number of delegations and ITU senior leadership including ITU Secretary   
   General Houlin Zhao. Attending the reception and participating in part of the   
   WRC were IARU Region 1    
   President Don Beattie, G3BJ, and ARRL CEO David Sumner, K1ZZ, who attended on   
   behalf of the IARU International Secretariat.   
      
   IARU made arrangements for an emergency communications trailer to be on site   
   during the first part of the Conference. IARU International Coordinator for   
   Emergency Communications Hans Zimmerman, HB9AQS/F5VKP, worked with IARU   
   member society DARC and    
   Notfunk Deutschland to provide for a communications trailer and antenna system   
   that showcased Amateur Radio emergency communication capabilities. Zimmerman   
   was on site to explain the use of Amateur Radio to delegates.   
      
   The IARU team continues to follow a number of agenda items which may impact   
   the amateur services especially a possible WRC-19 agenda item for an   
   allocation to accommodate small non-amateur, non-geostationary satellites.   
      
   Source: ARRL.org   
      
   http://www.dxcoffee.com/eng/2015/11/17/iaru-amateur-allocation-a   
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