| |
VK7AX > WIA 08.08.15 01:22l 101 Lines 5406 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
BID : 25758-VK7AX
Read: GUEST
Subj: [WIA-News] 5th meeting of Asia Pacific Telecommunity Prepara
Path: IW8PGT<CX2SA<VK7AX
Sent: 150807/2255Z 25758@VK7AX.#ULV.TAS.AUS.OC [Ulverstone] $:25758-VK7AX
From: VK7AX@VK7AX.#ULV.TAS.AUS.OC
To : WIA@WW
15
5th meeting of Asia Pacific Telecommunity Preparatory Group for WRC-15
Date : 03 / 08 / 2015
Author : Dale Hughes - VK1DSH
The APG15-5 meeting was held in Seoul, Korea between 27 July and 1 August 2015.
This meeting was the final APT preparatory meeting before the World
Radiocommunications Conference which will be held in Geneva in November 2015.
The output of WRC-15 is an International Treaty known as the ITU Radio Regulations
which governs usage of the radio frequency spectrum in all countries of the world.
The output of the APG15-5 meeting is a number of Preliminary APT Common Proposals
(PACP) which provide regional views on WRC-15 agenda items;
establishing these regional views is an important part of Australia’s preparation
for WRC-15. Because of the importance of regional agreement on many RF spectrum
issues, the Australian government and industry representatives put in substantial
effort to get a regional position that is in agreement with Australia’s views.
The WIA is a part of this process and represents the views of the Australian
amateur community to the APG and ITU through the ACMA.
In the coming weeks, the PACP’s for each WRC-15 agenda item will be reviewed by
the 38 member states of the APT.
Following approval by the APT members, the results will be known as APT Common
Proposals and they will be submitted to the ITU as input contributions for
the WRC-15 meeting.
Australia’s final position on all WRC-15 agenda items will be determined at the
final WRC Preparatory group meeting which is hosted by the ACMA and scheduled
to be held in Canberra on the 27th of August.
It is possible that Australia’s position on a number of WRC-15 agenda items may
change based on the views of other countries and regional groups.
The current position on all WRC-15 agenda items can be seen via the following Link
http://www.acma.gov.au/Industry/Spectrum/Spectrum-planning/International-planning-ITU-and-other-international-planning-bodies/australian-preliminary-views-wrc15-agenda-items
There are a number of WRC-15 agenda items of concern and interest to the
amateur service, the main ones being:
Agenda item 1.1 which seeks additional spectrum for International Mobile
Telecommunications. The amateur service has a number of secondary allocations
which might be affected by IMT applications and given the vast resources of the
global telecommunications industry it is difficult to oppose.
The output of the APG15-5 meeting was that there was regional support for a
number of additional frequency bands for IMT and it was pleasing to see that
the agreed bands did not cover any amateur allocations; however there will be
WRC-15 contributions from individual countries and other regional groups that
cover amateur allocations.
Agenda item 1.4 seeks a new secondary amateur allocation around 5300 kHz.
This is a difficult issue for Australia and many other Asia Pacific countries
due to the large number of existing users of the band,
however Australia supports a small new secondary amateur allocation around
5300 kHz and this positive view was put to the APG15-5 meeting.
A number of other regional countries also support a new secondary amateur
allocation and those countries also put forward a positive view.
After 3 meetings and many compromises being proposed, a consensus position
that gave regional support for a new secondary allocation was not achieved
and no PACP was produced. Individual states, including Australia,
will submit their proposals to WRC-15 on this issue.
Agenda item 1.18 seeks a new allocation to the radiolocation service for
short range automotive use in the 77.5 – 78 GHz frequency band which is a
primary amateur allocation. Sharing studies indicate little potential for
interference between automotive radar systems and typical amateur activity
on that band.
The main issue for Australia is protection of its radio astronomy observatories
which operate in and around that band.
The main concern for the amateur service is to ensure continued access to the
77.5 – 78 GHz frequency band and prevent the short range automotive radar
systems from being seen as ‘safety of life’ devices which might limit amateur
access to the band at some future time. A PACP supporting a new allocation to
the radiolocation service, with some restrictions,
was approved by the APG15-5 meeting.
Dale Hughes VK1DSH attended the APG15-5 meeting, representing the WIA,
as member of the Australian delegation which was organised and led by the ACMA.
The Australian delegation consisted of twenty three people representing
Australia’s interests in broadcast, satellite, maritime, aviation, defence,
IMT, science and amateur issues. The WIA paid for Dale’s living and travel
expenses to attend the PAG15-5 meeting.
The ACMA and Australian Department of Defence should be thanked and
acknowledged for their flexibility in accommodating the needs of the
community of Australian amateurs by supporting the proposal for a new
secondary allocation for the amateur service.
The support of the WIA president and boards of directors is gratefully
acknowledged.
(Sourced from the WIA Website)
http://www.wia.org.au/newsevents/news/2015/20150803-1/index.php
(Posted to the Packet Radio Network courtesy Tony VK7AX)
-----------------------------------------
Read previous mail | Read next mail
| |
