Return-Path: Received: (qmail 29166 invoked from network); 14 Dec 2002 16:33:12 -0000 Received: from netmail02.services.quay.plus.net (212.159.14.221) by mailstore with SMTP; 14 Dec 2002 16:33:12 -0000 Received: (qmail 2386 invoked by uid 10001); 14 Dec 2002 16:32:41 -0000 Received: from post.thorcom.com (193.82.116.70) by netmail02.services.quay.plus.net with SMTP; 14 Dec 2002 16:32:41 -0000 X-SQ: A Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.10) id 18NF9d-0005oI-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Sat, 14 Dec 2002 16:28:41 +0000 Received: from [62.253.164.43] (helo=mta3-svc.business.ntl.com) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 18NF9d-0005o9-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sat, 14 Dec 2002 16:28:41 +0000 Received: from l8p8y6 ([62.252.204.111]) by mta3-svc.business.ntl.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with SMTP id <20021214162840.OUQV15439.mta3-svc.business.ntl.com@l8p8y6> for ; Sat, 14 Dec 2002 16:28:40 +0000 Message-ID: <000d01c2a38d$d02cac20$6fccfc3e@l8p8y6> From: "hamilton mal" To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2002 16:27:46 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Subject: LF: 500 khz Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.7 required=5.0tests=SPAM_PHRASE_01_02,SUPERLONG_LINE,USER_AGENT_OEversion=2.42 Sender: Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group Content-transfer-encoding: 8bit

Recent info here indicates that no part of the 500 khz will be allocated to Radio Amateurs in the near future. This is not surprising considering that the marine service is still using the band.

While tuning around the medium wave band today and then on my way down to 136 khz the 500 khz band was extremely busy with marine broadcast traffic lists to ships on 500, 510 and 512 khz

I was also recently on a ship and read the ships licence conditions and the HF bands were specified on the licence as permitted for use, plus other vhf frequencies and satellite up/down links.

Certainly all marine fixed and mobile services(ships) have not gone over to satellite as some sources would make you believe. The lists today were very long so it would appear that hundreds of ships are still using HF/MF frequencies for ship/shore.

Maybe someone has more details about frequency allocations and future plans.

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