Hello group,
I just read this on Amateur Radio Newsline, the 3rd paragraph is
most interesting: Frequency-Allocations from 0..9 kHz, 70..90 kHz
and 130..190 kHz on LF and also 495..526 kHz. With 3 kW!
Anyone for a DXpedition? ;-)
73, Fabian, DJ1YFK
---- source: http://www.arnewsline.org/ , 23.July 2004 ----
THAT FINAL ITEM: SOMALIA GIVES HAM RADIO INCREASED POWER LIMITS
And finally this week, the ARRL Board Meeting was not the only place where
things were ham radio changes were happening last week. Another was the
nation of Somalia which has acted to grant its ham radio population a power
increase to 3 kilowatts. Thats right. We said 3000 Watts and thats 3000
P-E-P for SSB and 3000 watts average for other modes. Somalia is also
letting hams use of the 88 to 108 Mhz band for F-M and permitting Amateur
Television broadcasts to be conducted on any unoccupied standard VHF or UHF
television channel. WIA newscaster Graham Kemp, VK4BB, has more:
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Yes the Ministry of Information, Telecommunication and Culture in Somalia
has made these changes and more as part of action to implement the W-R-C
2003 accords.
And the Ministry has also made additional frequency allocations for amateur
radio experimenters in Somalia. Radio Amateurs in that nation can operate
on additional bands including Zero to 9 Kilohertz, from 70 to 90
Kilohertz and 130 to 190 Kilohertz. On Medium Wave frequencies include
495 to 526 Kilohertz, while on the High Frequencies the hams of Somalia get
5.060 to 5.450 MHz and 26.100 to 29.700 MHz excluding 27.995 the sliver
band from to 27.999.
This Ministry is promoting Somalia as the best holiday and research
destination for visiting radio amateurs. This, as a way of attracting
skilled people to help the local Somali people become ham radio operators.
Abdikariim Ali Sulatn in Puntand State Somalia confirmed again that Aussie
Amateur Sam Voron, 6OA, will continue to conduct ham radio license
qualifying courses and issue amateur radio licenses free of charge "in the
name of this Ministry" until a national Somali Amateur Radio Society is
formed.
And, oh yes. If you are planning to go there, a Somali Visitors Amateur
Radio License is now issued to any class of overseas amateur radio license
holder as a courtesy. It is free of charge and issued for life unless
canceled by the Somali Government. Talk about an inducement to visit a far
off land.
Reporting for the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Graham Kemp, VK4BB, for the
WIA News, in Brisbane, Australia.
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According to a Somali spokesman, as of now, no other country provides radio
amateurs with more frequencies or a higher transmitter power output. He
added that Somalia welcomes visiting radio amateurs from throughout the
world. (WIA News)
--
Fabian Kurz, DJ1YFK * http://fkurz.net/
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