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The main news headlines:
UK Amateurs Gain 7.1 - 7.2MHz from 31 October
BBC 'In Touch' Programme to Feature Amateur Radio
Special Event News
DX News
Contest News
Propagation News
The news in detail:
UK Amateurs Gain 7.1 - 7.2MHz from 31 October
Ofcom and the Radio Society of Great Britain are pleased to announce
that all necessary procedures required for early access to the 7.1 to
7.2MHz spectrum for all UK radio amateurs have been finalised and that
access is allowed from 0100UTC on Sunday 31 October 2004. Early access
is granted on a Secondary (non-interference) basis using a maximum of
26dBW (400 watts) PEP for Full licensees, 50 watts for Intermediate
and 10 watts for Foundation licensees.
Notices of Variation for the Foundation, Intermediate and Full licences
have been published on the Ofcom website.
It is recommended that for the time being only voice and Morse code
modes are used between 7.1 and 7.2MHz. Band planning issues on 7MHz
will be kept under regular review and will be dependent on the number
of administrations granting early access to this band prior to full
Primary access on 29 March 2009.
The RSGB would like to offer its appreciation to all parties involved
in the consultations, in particular the broadcasting industry, the UK
Ministry of Defence, the Radiocommunications Agency and its successor
Ofcom.
Please note that access to the extra 100kHz is only allowed from 0100UTC,
and not midnight UTC, on Sunday morning. Or, put another way, from 2.00am
local time, at which time the clocks are put back by one hour. Local
time will then be 1.00am, the same as GMT or UTC.
BBC 'In Touch' Programme to Feature Amateur Radio
In last week's GB2RS news we reported that it was expected that the
BBC Radio 4 'In Touch' programme would feature amateur radio during
the week. In fact, the item was not broadcast, but will be broadcast
instead on Tuesday 2 November at 8.40pm. 'In Touch' is a weekly programme
featuring news, views and information of interest to people who are
blind or partially-sighted.
Special Event News
GB200CLB is on the air from 29 October to 1 November to commemorate
200 years of lifeboats in Cromer, Norfolk. The station is active from
the crew room at the end of the pier in Cromer on all bands between
160m and 70cm on as many modes as possible. A 23cm colour TV link is
planned between the crew room and Cromer town centre. The station is
being supported by the Bittern DX Group, Norfolk Amateur Radio Club,
Kings Lynn Amateur Radio Club, and North Norfolk Raynet.
GB4SCL is on the air on Saturday 6 November, from Ribblehead station
on the Settle and Carlisle line. The station is being run by Jack, G0FQN;
Mark, G1PIE; and Pam, 2E1HQY.
Denis, MM0DNX, the Secretary of the Mid-Lanark Amateur Radio Society,
wrote to GB2RS to thank everyone involved with the special event station
GB0TSG. He says it was a highly successful operation which took place
from on board the Tall Ship Glenlee. In particular, he thanks GM3CFK,
MM3KDZ and MM3VLV for their pleasant and informative manner to the visitors
to the ship, to the riggers of the ship for their care in putting up
the antenna and to George, MM3SAX, and Derek, 2M0RTD, for all their
assistance at short notice.
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