IARU Electronic 2012

In this Issue:

Special WRC Report Number Three

The Amateur Radio Service Gains A Band Near 500 kHz

472-479 kHz. The worldwide amateur radio service has a new frequency band, 472 to 479 kHz.

It is a secondary allocation. There are other services in that portion of the spectrum that must not

be interfered with by the amateur operation.

The aeronautical radionavigation service is a primary service in the band 415-495 kHz in the

following areas: Australia, China, the French overseas communities of Region 3, Korea (Rep.

of), India, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Japan, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea and Sri Lanka.

The aeronautical radionavigation service is a primary service in the band 435-495 kHz in the

following areas: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, the Russian Federation, Kazakhstan, Latvia,

Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan.

The amateurs are allowed to use the band so long as it does not cause interference to this primary

service or the maritime mobile service operating in the 472-479 kHz band.

There are some countries that will not allow amateur radio operation in the 472-479 kHz band.

The use of the frequency band 472-479 kHz in Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain,

Belarus, China, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, the Russian Federation, Iraq,

Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Oman, Uzbekistan, Qatar, Syrian

Arab Republic, Kyrgyzstan, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia and Yemen is limited to the maritime

mobile and aeronautical radionavigation services. The amateur service shall not be used in the

above-mentioned countries in this frequency band, and this should be taken into account by the

countries authorizing such use.

The ITU Radio Regulations provide that radio amateurs are limited to 1 watt (e.i.r.p.) however

administrations whose territory is beyond 800 kilometers from the borders of the following

countries may increase the operating power to 5 watts (e.i.r.p.): Algeria, Saudi Arabia,

Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, China, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, the

Russian Federation, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Lebanon,

Libya, Morocco, Mauritania, Oman, Uzbekistan, Qatar, Syrian Arab Republic, Kyrgyzstan,

Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, Ukraine and Yemen.

The change becomes effective with the adoption of the Final Acts of the Conference. Of course,

it will be determined by each administration around the world as to what modes and bandwidths

will be used in this portion of the spectrum and when hams in that country will have access to the

spectrum.

More activities from the WRC-12 will be reported at the end of the WRC. The WRC continues

until 17 February. There is an effort underway to place an amateur radio agenda item on the

agenda for the next WRC which will take place in 2015.

Distribution Of This E-Letter

This electronic newsletter is sent to many IARU member-societies headquarters around the world.

Individual amateurs should encourage their IARU national society to forward the newsletter to its own

members. The newsletter can also be read and downloaded from the IARU web site at www.iaru.org.

If you are an ARRL member, you can subscribe to this E-Letter directly on the ARRL web site. When

you log into the ARRL web site, go to the page where you can edit your profile and choose the electronic

newsletter options that are available.

If you have any information that would be appropriate to publish in this electronic newsletter, please

contact me at w6rod@iaru.org.

Rod Stafford W6ROD

IARU Secretary

The IARU E-Letter is published on behalf of the Administrative Council of the International Amateur

Radio Union by the IARU International Secretariat. Editor: Rod Stafford, W6ROD, IARU Secretary.

Material from The IARU E-Letter may be republished or reproduced in whole or in part in any form

without additional permission. Credit must be given to The IARU E-Letter and The International Amateur

Radio Union.