Several weeks ago following a request for comments in preparation for a meeting with Ofcom, I received a number of useful inputs from holders of the 500kHz NoV. The meeting was the standard quarterly
As RSGB HF Manager I would be more than happy to support technical articles concerning 500kHz or indeed 136kHz. Technical articles are peer reviewed prior to publication and support from someone like
Following some excellent x-band QSOs by some NoV holders I've been asked if clarification can be given as to whether this is appropriate given the a particular clause in the 500kHz NoV's Terms & Cond
News coming from the Conference is that agenda item 1.15 relating to 136 kHz passed the second reading and a global allocation at 135.7-137.8 kHz looks to be a reality when the Final Acts are signed
Mike, G3XDV, has mentioned that the current guidelines for the band, shown on the IARU Region 1 bandplan, and adopted by some national society bandplans, e.g. RSGB, are now somewhat out-of-date. It w
Dom, thanks for raising the issue of the NoV, as I guess others are keen to know where we all stand. RSGB, at its quarterly meeting with Ofcom last September, raised the issue of NoV extension, as we
In coaxing the draft into the format required by IARU, and re-checking some of the references, I've noticed an inconsistency between my last draft and the current Band Plan. This is that the agreed t
It is now about 11 months from the next triennial IARU Region 1 Conference. This is an opportunity to gain agreement on a wide range of IARU policy and procedure changes in our hobby. A number of peo
David, I suggest that you write into Ofcom after they have made their announcement and establish the position on adding modes. My guess that they will be relaxed. From a spectrum management perspecti
I was waiting for that question! I guess so and I feel that this is what we should do. Ofcom have been very good at taking our request on board and negotiating it with MCA. Thus, I wouldn't want to b
Not sure if this has been mentioned on this group but an interesting piece of software by Alex, VE3NEA, called CW Skimmer has recently been made available, see http://www.dxatlas.com/CwSkimmer/ Altho
UK 500kHz NoV holders, and those interested in gaining an NoV, may care to look at Ofcom's announcement at http://www.ofcom.org.uk/radiocomms/ifi/licensing/classes/amateur/Notices/200 80201 This came
Mal, I agree with your comments. It's an interesting development though. Playing with the trial version it's amazing to watch it decode multiple CW streams in a DX pileup in parallel and even when th
To me the important point that I tried to make in my posting, which has drawn no comment, is the one I made about getting people to write up their experimental work for publication, and specifically
Lee, As one of my roles as RSGB HF Manager I assist Ofcom in their approval process for SRP & NoV applications. Whilst it is certainly true that Ofcom like to see previous 136kHz experience, there ar
I've not got an axe to grind re RadCom, but is the lack of major construction projects in RadCom more to do with there being less people doing the larger scale design/construction projects as well as
Thanks to Mal and Peter for their comments on the limitation of their own approach to construction related articles. I understand their viewpoint as it is similar to my own progress in getting on the
Of interest to members of this reflector will be the RSGB response on the consultation of the ECC Report 25 that concerns the 2008 version of this table. A link to the response is on the following pa
