My understanding is that, when dealing with Ofcom’s predecessors, the RSGB
sometimes found it useful not to ask outright for a specific facility, but
rather to say “If we were to ask you a question along the following lines …...
what might your answer be?”.
This allowed the licensing authority to comment without having to say Yes or
No. What they sometimes did was to say “We would not be able to give you that,
but if you were to ask for this ...… we might be able to do something for you”.
Certainly, as has been pointed out in this and related conversations, there are
some questions which the authorities would rather we did not ask – so long as
we do not cause them difficulties.
John F5VLF/G3PAI
On 11 Feb 2014, at 14:49CET, Warren Ziegler <[email protected]> wrote:
> Roger,
> I am not sure of the relationship U.K. amateurs have with OFCOM, but I
> found that here in the U.S. it is better NOT to ask. If you ask a bureaucrat
> they will naturally fall into CYA mode and give you the most restrictive and
> conservative interpretation of the rules. Remember, it is easier to ask for
> forgiveness than it is to ask for permission!
>
> 73 Warren
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 6:00 AM, Roger Lapthorn <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> Still awaiting OFCOM responses after about 8 working days since first email
> sent. Will post reply here, assuming they ever manage one. I am not hopeful.
>
> 73s
> Roger G3XBM
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Roger Lapthorn <[email protected]>
> Date: 10 February 2014 13:46
> Subject: Questions about 73kHz and sub 8.3kHz
> To: [email protected]
>
>
> Early last week I emailed OFCOM but I have still not received responses:
>
> My questions were:
>
> Am I correct in assuming that radio amateurs may legally experiment in the
> old 73kHz band as long as output power is less than 72dBuA/m at 10m? This is
> the limit for licence-exempt inductive devices.
>
> Also, please can you confirm that no licence is needed to operate below
> 8.3kHz (assuming no harmful interference to services above 8.3kHz). This part
> of the spectrum is unallocated.
>
> Thanks
>
> Roger Lapthorn
>
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