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Subj: 70cmsband - epetition reply
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From: G4WYW@GB7FCR.#16.GBR.EU
To : 70CMS@WW
I received an email from another amateur requesting me to sign a
petition. Today I received this reply:-
We received a petition asking:
"We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to petition to keep
the 70centimeter amatuer radio band."
Details of Petition:
"The government and OFCOM are clearly trying to slowly wedge away
70cms from us amateurs as secondary users. Please do not let this
happen, don't be a fool, sign this petition now. 70cms is a great
band, please dont take it off us. They have already started taking it
off us, We can start calmping down on it now. SIGN THIS PETITION."
Read the Government's response:
Thank you for the e-petition requiring the retention of the 70
centimetre amateur radio band.
The petition cites Government and Ofcom as attempting to deprive
amateurs and secondary users, usage of the 70 cm radio band. However,
the 70 cm radio band is administered by the Ministry of Defence (MOD)
and not Ofcom.
The MoD is currently consulting on its programme of spectrum release
and sharing in line with the Government's response to the Independent
Audit of Spectrum Holdings. The MoD’s proposals do not envisage any
sharing or release in the 70 cm band before 2012, but recognises that
freedom to operate under secondary use could be affected by an
increase in spectrum use by primary users, whether civil or military.
However the MoD's document acknowledges the Amateur community's
interest and looks forward to continuation of its constructive
relationship with the Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB
73 - Mel, G4WYW @ GB7FCR.#16.GBR.EU
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