For those looking for a new challenge on 137kHz:
Low Frequency band for VK
Australia is set to join the 30-odd countries whose radio amateurs
have been already given the new low frequency amateur band of 135.7 to
137.8 kHz. It's been a wait of more than 20 years to officially get
the band. A few VK radio amateurs, under special Scientific Licenses,
have been engaged in pioneering experimentation on low frequency
spectrum since the mid-1980s.
The World Radiocommunication Conference in 2007 decided that there be
a world-wide secondary allocation but left it to individual radio
administrations around the world to decide on its introduction. This
achievement followed a lot of hard work by the International Amateur
Radio Union.
The Australian Communications and Media Authority has released its
draft Australia Radio Frequency Spectrum Plan that is to come into
force on the 1st of January 2009. It includes 135.7 to 137.8 kHz for
the Amateur Service on a secondary basis that VK radio amateurs do not
cause harmful interference to radionavigation service stations that
continue to operate in a number of countries.
The permitted maximum radiated power is one watt effective isotropic
radiated power. The New Year should see VK's top ham licence type, the
Advanced Licence, gain this band as a new operating privilege.
73, Rik ON7YD - OR7T
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