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18 Feb 03 Radio Amateurs of Canada Slide 1

WRC-2003 and BEYOND

QCWA

NATIONAL CAPITAL CHAPTER 70

Jim Dean, VE3IQ


WRC-2003 and BEYOND

TWO-PART PRESENTATION:

WRC-2003 AND POST-WRC TOPICS

RAC ACTIVITIES POST WRC-2003


WRC-2003 TOPICS

• Harmonization of 7.0 MHz Band

• Changes to Regulations

• Public Protection and Disaster Relief

• Review of Broadcasting 4 to 10 MHz Band

• EESS in the 420 to 470 MHz Band

• Wireless LANs in 5.6 GHz Band (RLANs)

• RNSS in the 1215 - 1300 MHz Band


WRC-2003 TOPICS

• Unwanted Emissions

• Little LEOs

• Possible new 135 kHz Amateur Allocation

• Agenda for WRC-2007(?)


BEYOND WRC-2003 TOPICS

• Wireless RLANs

• IMT-2000 - Next Generation

• Allocations above 275 GHz

• Adaptive Systems Below 28 MHz

• Ultra Wide Band (UWB)

• Software Defined Radios (SDR)


BEYOND WRC-2003 TOPICS

• Power Line Communications (PLC)

• Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)

• Preparations for WRC-2007


What is a WRC All About

• Primarily about SPECTRUM

• Formal votes are rare

• Consensus the target

• Result of a WRC is a new Treaty between the Member States of the ITU


HARMONIZATION of 7 MHz BAND

• 7000 to 7300 kHz until 1939• Region 1 and 3, 7000 - 7100 kHz• Region 2, 7000 - 7300 kHz• Broadcasting Review 4 - 10 MHz• Who gains? Who loses?• Six options

– Will be very difficult to resolve


CHANGES to REGULATIONS

• Changes to ITU Regulations– S25 Amateur Regulations– S19 Call Signs– S1 Definitions


CHANGES to S25 REGULATIONS

• S25.1 Forbidden countries list• S25.2 Transmissions shall be in plain language• S25.3 Prohibition of International third party

traffic• S25.4 Except when permitted !• S25.5 Amateurs must know Morse for operation

below 30 MHz


CHANGES to S25 REGULATIONS

• S25.6 Countries shall verify qualifications of candidates

• S25.7 Countries shall set maximum transmitter power


CHANGES to S19 CALL SIGNS

• Prefix = one or two characters, identifies responsible administration (always followed by numeral)

• S19.49 c) forbids combinations commencing with a digit when the second character is the letter O or I

• Yemen only has prefix block 7O -- no amateur call sign allowed under RR!



• Also affects other countries, e.g. Zambia (9I), Tanzania (5I), Yugoslavia (4O), even UK (2I and 2O)

• Solution: delete S19.49 c)

• Numerals not permitted in suffix• Four letters not permitted, e.g. IARU



• Solution: “not more than four characters, the last of which shall be a letter”

• Would permit, e.g., VE1234C, VE7RCMP, VE3AB3C

• No confusion with call signs used in other services• It will remain for individual administrations to

determine whether they will adopt any or all of the changes


PUBLIC PROTECTION & DISASTER RELIEF

• WRC 95, WRC 97

• Access to 2 Metre Band Proposed

• Suppressed

• WRC 00 - Globally Harmonized Band

• Common frequencies, interoperability

• Cross-border protocols

• Equipment Manufacturers Proposing


REVIEW of BROADCASTING 4-10

MHz BAND• Examine Adequacy of HF Broadcasting

Allocations in 4 - 10 MHz Band

• Amateur, Mobile and Fixed Services Affected

• Wanted to include 7 MHz Harmonization

• IARU Resisted

• Standalone Agenda Item


EESS in the 420 - 470 MHz Band

• Synthetic Aperture Radar Systems

• Environmental Measurements

• Want 6 MHz Bandwidth

• 432 - 438 MHz

• Affects Amateur Weak Sig. & Satellite

• Feasible Solution Seems Possible


WIRELESS LANs - 5.6 GHz BAND

• Amateur Band is 5650 - 5925 MHz

• Low-power, Licence-exempt Devices

• Interference to Amateur Service

• Consequences of Amateur Interference?


RNSS in the 1240 - 1300 MHz BAND

• RNSS Band is 1215 - 1240 MHz

• WRC-2000 gave Galileo RNSS an allocation in 1260 -1300 MHz

• WRC-2003 - PFD limits to prevent interference to Radiolocation

• Amateur Satellites Uplink Band at 1268-1270 MHz.


RNSS in the 1240 - 1300 MHz Band

• No interference to amateur weak signal or satellite operations as far as I know


UNWANTED EMISSIONS

• Crowded Spectrum

• One Service Interferes with Another

• Satellites a Particular Concern

• Could Affect Amateurs

• Watching Brief


LITTLE LEOs

• 135 MHz to 3 GHz

• Threat for WRC-97

• Industry Rationalization

• Need Changed but Threat Remains

• No Support for New Allocations

• Watching Brief


POSSIBLE NEW 135 kHz AMATEUR BAND

• No allocations below 1.8 MHz

• Considerable Interest

• Successful Experiments

• CEPT Countries have secondary allocation

• 135.7 - 137.8 kHz, 1w eirp, 100 Hz BW

• IC Decision - Seek Allocation by ITU

• Problem - Not on WRC2003 Agenda


AGENDA FOR WRC-2007

• Agenda is set at WRC-2003

• ITU is under financial constraints

• Will want to minimize agenda

• Few amateur items foreseen

• Possible 135 kHz

• Watch Broadcasting in 4-10 MHz


BEYOND WRC-2003


RAC ACTIVITIES POST WRC-2003

• Industry Canada Tower Consultation

• Industry Canada Spectrum Policy Review

• Examination Revisions

• ARISS

• RAC Youth Program

• Protection of Amateur VHF.UHF/SHF Allocations


RAC Activities Post WRC-2003

• 220 MHz

• 5 MHz Amateur Band

• 2.4 GHz

• 5 GHz

• 10 GHz

• New Technologies (PLC, SDR, UWB)


RAC Activities Post WRC-2003

• Radio/Internet Communications

• Amateur Radio RLANs

• Commercial Wireless LANs Impacts

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band rlansrnss

forbidden countries

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