Canadian Regulator Accepts Radio Amateurs Of Canada's International 60 Meter Allocation Proposal:

Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC http://wp.rac.ca/) has announced http://wp.rac.ca/radioamateur-of-canada-proposal-on-international-60m-allocation-accepted-by-industry-canada/ that its proposal to establish an international 60 meter AmateurService allocation has been accepted by the Industry Canadaconsultative committee for World Radiocommunication Conference 2015(WRC-15 http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-R/conferences/wrc/2015/Pages/default.aspx). The regulator uses that panel's conclusions to determine its positionon WRC-15 issues. The RAC proposal specifically addresses WRC-15 AgendaItem 1.4 -- to establish a 60 meter allocation for Amateur Radio on asecondary basis. The Canadian proposal will be considered by otherInternational Telecommunication Region (ITU http://www.itu.int/) Region 2 countries in October.

"This proposal will be [submitted] at the CITEL https://www.citel.oas.org/en/Pages/default.aspx meetings in Merida,Mexico, next month to be considered as the CITEL position going intoWRC-15," said RAC International Affairs Officer George Gorsline, VE3YV.CITEL, the Inter-American Telecommunication Commission, is thetelecommunications and telecommunications technology advisory body ofthe Organization of American States. Its members include all ITU Region2 countries except Cuba.

The RAC proposal recommends two 25-kHz band segments for Amateur Radio-- 5330 to 5355 kHz and 5405 to 5430 kHz. Amateur access would be on asecondary, non-interference, listen-before-transmit basis.

Gorsline credited the efforts of Bryan Rawlings, VE3QN, the RACrepresentative on domestic committees and a Canadian and InternationalAmateur Radio Union (IARU) delegate at ITU meetings.

"His role and the hours of work -- essentially an unpaid job --attending many, many formal and informal meetings with our regulatorand with interested parties in Canada and internationally are a keyfactor in gaining formal Canadian government support," he said. "We arevery fortunate to have his talents and willingness to sacrifice hison-the-air time for all of us."

RAC also acknowledged "the strong support of Industry Canada at WorkingParty meetings and on other committees and at ITU WRC-15 preparatorymeetings.

Gorsline said that a "firm proposal" from his country citing specificfrequencies for support by Region 2 countries at the CITEL meeting "isa giant step toward a favorable outcome at WRC-15."

Source:

The ARRL Letter