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New Ofcom licensing portal update

Posted: 05 Aug 2016 08:17 AM PDT
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We have pressed Ofcom for an update on the two main problems that
applicants and licensees have encountered with the new licensing system—the
dedicated validation facility (which has disappeared) and recycled call
signs. Ofcom said that it remains a Licence condition to revalidate at
least every five years.Â*While the new portal doesn’t currently have a []

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Belarus gets 60m band

Posted: 05 Aug 2016 08:16 AM PDT
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Amateurs in Belarus now have access to the new WRC15 60m allocation. Their
band is from 5351.5 to 5366.5kHz with a maximum power of 50 watts. Class A,
the top level licence holders, may use SSB, CW and digital modes.

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Dayton Hamvention moves venue

Posted: 05 Aug 2016 08:14 AM PDT
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Hara Arena, home of the Dayton Hamvention, is due to close shortly.
Hamvention managers have announced that the event will be moving to the
Greene County Fairgrounds and Event Center in Xenia, Ohio. It’s about 16
miles east of central Dayton. More details at www.hamvention.org.

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Also in GB2RS this week

Posted: 05 Aug 2016 08:07 AM PDT
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Since the first Sunday in June there has been an addition to the GB2RS
broadcast schedule. Reg, G8VHI, in Nuneaton, now reads the news at 2030UTC
on 145.525MHz. He has a very good VHF location and should be audible over a
large part of the West and East Midlands. His best report to date is []

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Ofcom 5GHz consultation

Posted: 05 Aug 2016 07:54 AM PDT
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Ofcom is holding a consultation Improving Spectrum Access for Consumers in
the 5GHz Band. This proposes an expansion of 5GHz wi-fi bands that would,
amongst other things, affect weak signal reception for 5760MHz narrowband
and EME users and 5840MHz satellites, whilst still inhibiting innovation of
amateur mesh and other innovative data systems. The RSGB response []