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EU: Europe just lost a Primary Amateur Radio Band
Today Europe lost an Amateur Radio Band to "licence-excempt"
time-limited use by automotive short range radar equipment. see: http://www.ofcom.org.uk/consult/condocs/24ghz/ (have your say before 23rd May !!!!!!!!!) It's the first nail in the coffin for the UK Amateur Radio. The Funeral is now set for 26th May 2005 when a consultaion on the future of UK amateur radio licensing is published which will contain the question on fully deregulating amateur radio in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK): http://www.ofcom.org.uk/radiocomms/i...ur/forthcoming or ( http://tinyurl.com/8pvxw ) "..For the avoidance of doubt, whilst the formal public consultation will put forward a number of other options for the future, those options are explicitly not recommended by Ofcom. Specifically, Ofcom will not recommend any options to make the amateur radio service WT Act licence-exempt; however, for transparency and completeness, this will be put forward as an option in the public consultation in order to gather the community's views ....." Looks like 100 years plus of amateur radio history in the UK could soon go the same way as the 24GHz band i.e. licence excempt - no exams, no callsigns, just CB! --73deG1LVN www.dutchhousemob.co.uk |
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