Here is the colored PDF chart of Emily's previous link. Zoom in on the PDF in the 2300-2305 ( about 150% on my Acrobat reader )to see closely what Emily is referring to.
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/osmhome/allochrt.pdf
|-----Original Message----- |From: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org |[mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Emily Clarke |Sent: September 10, 2006 1:32 PM |To: John B. Stephensen; amsat-bb@amsat.org |Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: S-Band Not 2.4 but 2.3 | | |At 11:59 PM 9/9/2006, John B. Stephensen wrote: |>Unfortunately, there is no country that allows the use of 2.3 GHz for |>amateur satellites and only one country in the footprint of the |>satellite would have to object. | |The detailed chart ( |http://www.ntia.doc.gov/osmhome/Chp04Chart.pdf - starting on page |50) is a bit fuzzy but it looks like amateur is allocated from |2300 - 2450, albeit all on a secondary basis. Currently there |is a 5MHz amateur allocation at 2300-2305 in all three regions |and a 10MHz allocation at 2390 - 2400. I believe the |2390-2400 is primary as it appears in all caps and 2300-2305 |may also be primary. | |This doesn't mean these are available for satellite use. The |only bandplan I have found for this spectrum comes from the |ARRL website. | |But it is a bandplan, and bandplans are subject to change. |For example, there is 800 KHz allocated between 2303.0 to |2303.8 and another 500 KHz between 2399.0 and 2399.5 for low |rate packet. Can the use of that part of the bandplan be |negotiated? I don't know. However I will be very interested |in hearing Paul Renaldo's presentation in San Francisco and |meeting with the other members of the IARU. | |73, | |Emily | | |_______________________________________________ |Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of |the author. |Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur |satellite program! |Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb |