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VK High power trial limit ends: ACMA

Posted: 09 Aug 2013 02:37 AM PDT
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VK High power trial limit ends: ACMA



The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) will
withdraw its trial of the use of up to 1-kilowatt power output at the end
of the month.



The ACMA met with the Wireless Institute of Australia (WIA)
and said that based on data it obtained during the trial, it would end the
temporary arrangement whereby radio amateurs could apply for the higher
power limit.



The main reason put forward by the ACMA was the apparent lack
of awareness of electromagnet radiation requirements among the amateur
radio community.



The WIA has long sought the higher power for Advanced
licensees who claimed to be disadvantaged, mainly in contests, by having a
400w PEP limit when some other countries allow 1-kilowatt to be used.



When its sister IARU member society the New Zealand Amateur
Radio Transmitters (NZART) recently received the higher limit on similar
grounds, the WIA was encouraged to again pursue the matter. The ACMA has
previously dismissed WIA suggestions that higher power should be
permitted, on the grounds that it would potentially cause interference.
However a lifting from 500w to 1,000w for New Zealand radio amateurs saw
the matter being revisited by the ACMA.



The 18-month trial began in March 2012 and was due to end
this month, allowing the ACMA and the WIA to evaluate any impacts before
considering a long term arrangement.



The temporary arrangement confined the use of higher power to
approved applicants on the 80m band including the DX window, 7000 to 7100
kHz, and the entire 20m, 17m, 15m, 12m and 10m bands.

Applicants seeking the variation of their licences to permit
higher power were required by the ACMA to demonstrate compliance with the
relevant exposure to radiation standard.



A very disappointed WIA has managed to keep the door open by
convincing the ACMA to revisit the issue next year, and is certain to
address the ACMA concerns.



What the ACMA found during the high power trial was a lack of
awareness in the amateur radio community of the obligation to comply with
the public exposure to electromagnetic - and this was not confined to any
class of licence.



The ACMA carries out regular audits of radio amateurs on a
random basis to test their awareness, knowledge and compliance with
exposure limits that affect all users of the spectrum in Australia.

The issue of electromagnetic radiation is regularly raised
with politicians. In 2003 that caused a Register of EMR Health Complaints
to keep a track of concerns.



You can read analysis at:

http://www.arpansa.gov.au/pubs/emr/Analysis12.pdf



Jim Linton





http://www.southgatearc.org/news/aug...limit_ends.htm










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HackRF open source SDR already raises $278 000 on Kickstarter

Posted: 08 Aug 2013 09:28 PM PDT
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HackRF enter crowdfunding contest on Kickstarter and raises $ 100 000 in
less than 12 hours! They are around 278 000 $ and it still possible to
support the project and get one of the first HackRF sdr card in 2014 :
http://f1jxq.net/ham-radio-amateur-2...r-kickstarter/




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Amateur Radio Newsline Report 1878 August 9 2013

Posted: 08 Aug 2013 06:07 PM PDT
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Amateur Radio Newsline™ Report 1878 – August 9 2013



Amateur Radio Newsline report number 1878 with a release date of August 9
2013 to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.



The following is a QST. Scientists say that the SunÂ’s magnetic poles are
about to reverse; hams in India again respond as monsoon rains bring
landslides; a Florida man is electrocuted while installing an antenna;
Louisiana adopts the Alert FM public warning system and guess who is not
going to retire from ham radio teaching. Find out the answer on Amateur
Radio Newsline™ report number 1878 coming your way right now.





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According to measurements from NASA-supported observatories, the sun's vast
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