There are a number of papers relating to the Amateur Satellite Service that have been submitted by the RSGB to the IARU Region 1 Interim Conference which will be held in Vienna from February 24 to 25th 2007.

The papers for the conference have been posted to http://www.iaru-r1.org/IARU%20R1.htm

The preliminary version PDF is at: http://www.iaru-r1.org/vienna_2007_preversion.pdf

The RSGB papers that will be of interest to the Amateur Satellite community are:

B01 - Increased Amateur Satellite Service 2 Metre Usage - RSGB Proposes the segment 144.315-144.365 MHz for CW/SSB Linear Transponder Downlinks B02 - Bands above 275 GHz - RSGB All proposed bands to be for Amateur Satellite Service as well. B13 - Allocations at 3400 MHz - RSGB Proposes Region 1 Amateur and Amateur Satellite allocation. B14 - Microwave Spectrum Threats - RSGB Details threats to our allocations B15 - 23cms Bandplan - RSGB 1240-1250 MHz B16 - Amateur Satellite Service Spectrum Additional VHF and Microwave Satellite allocations

There is also a paper submitted by EDR - B22 - which proposes 144.630-144.660 MHz for Amateur Satellite downlinks. My personal view is that this in unfeasable as it conflicts with bandplans in the rest of the world. I consider the RSGB paper B01 144.315-144.365 MHz to be the better choice.

RSGB Spectrum Forum Committee pages for C5 (VHF-UHF-uW) http://www.rsgb-spectrumforum.org.uk/iaru_reg_1_c5_committee.htm

Yahoo Reflector for Discussion of C5 (VHF-UHF-uW) Papers http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/ukc5discussion/

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