Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2246, for Friday, November 13th, 2020
Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2246, with a release date of Friday,
November 13th, 2020, to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.
The following is a QST. A proud moment for satellite designers in Israel.
Low-band operating loses a beloved leader -- and a net in Australia gets a
bit poetic. All this and more, as Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2246,
comes your way right now.
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BILLBOARD CART
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A SATELLITE 'FIRST' FOR UNIVERSITY TEAM IN ISRAEL
JIM/ANCHOR: We begin with a proud moment among students and faculty at Tel Aviv
University in Israel. Their interdisciplinary effort will help launch a tiny
satellite next year and yes, hams will play a part, as we hear from
Neil Rapp, WB9VPG.
NEIL: Amateur radio will be on board early next year when the first
nanosatellite designed, built and tested independently in a university
setting in Israel heads to the International Space Station.
The research satellite, known as TAU-SAT1, is in Japan undergoing pre-flight
testing before it is taken to the U.S. for its ride on a resupply spacecraft to
the ISS next year. It is designed to fly in low earth orbit measuring cosmic
radiation in space and conducting other experiments. The small satellite, which
is the creation of the new Nanosatellite Center in Tel
Aviv, will orbit the earth every 90 minutes at a speed of 27,600 kilometers or
17,150 miles per hour.
It will transmit its data to a satellite station on the roof of the campus'
engineering building each time it makes a pass over Israel. Much of that
data will facilitate the design of improved protection for astronauts and space
systems.
According to an article in The Times of Israel, the satellite will also be
accessible to amateur radio operators around the world before it burns up in
the atmosphere. Its orbit is expected to last several months.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Neil Rapp, WB9VPG.
(THE TIMES OF ISRAEL)
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FREQUENCIES ON 3 GHZ BAND FACE AUCTION IN UK
JIM/ANCHOR: Increasing portions of the 3 GHz band continue to be made available
to 5G wireless companies, with the UK planning their own auction soon. Jeremy
Boot, G4NJH, has that story.
JEREMY: Ofcom has announced that it is ready to begin its auction of 120 MHz of
bandwidth which it hopes to provide to 5G companies in the UK. This
section of the band is located above the UK's amateur 9 centimetre band at
3.40-3.41 GHz.The frequencies being offered for sale are between 3.6 GHz and
3.8 GHz, known as the midband region. It is also outside of the IARU region
1 9cm allocation of 3.4-3.475 GHz
The move in the UK differs from auctions in some other nations in that the UK's
sale will avoid the frequencies used by amateur radio. Bidding is to commence
in the UK in January 2021 and Ofcom stated that applications will
be received on the 2nd and 3rd of December.
In the U.S., the FCC awarded more than 20,000 licences for midband 3.5 GHz
spectrum in August. Chile delayed its plan for an August auction and the
telecommunications regulator Subtel expects to hold the sale this month. In
Portugal, the regulator Anacom expects to award licences in February and
March of 2021 following that nation's 5G mobile telephony auction. India is
also among those nations planning an auction and telecommunications
officials there hope to hold that sale in the first quarter of 2021.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Jeremy Boot, G4NJH.
(SOUTHGATE, CNET, TELECOMPAPER)
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ARRL DEFENDS SECONDARY USE ON MICROWAVE BANDS
JIM/ANCHOR: Meanwhile in the U.S., the ARRL has reaffirmed the need for
amateurs' secondary use on some of the microwave frequencies. Andy Morrison,
K9AWM, gives us those details.
ANDY: The ARRL has weighed into the World Radiocommunication Conference 2023
agenda for the microwave bands, reaffirming the need for amateur radio to
have secondary allocations there.
The league wants frequencies identified in the 3.3 GHz to 3.4 GHz and 10.0
GHz to 10.5 GHz bands, stating that hams continue to experiment there and
have designed systems that protect the bands' primary users, with no reports of
interference. The League advises that WRC-23 not consider changing their
secondary allocation.
The league's remarks were contained in two draft recommendations for WRC-23.
For Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Andy Morrison, K9AWM.
(ARRL)
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