[amsat-bb] Band Hi-jacking and CUTE 1.7

[Luc Leblanc VE2DWE <lucleblanc6@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 23 Feb 2006 at 13:02, Allan Copland wrote:



> 
> Being serious for a minute,  all this has been said before... GM4IHJ
> was warning of the hijacking of the amateur bands many years ago.
> 

Here is the last news here in Canada:

Canadian Amateurs to Lose 220 - 222 MHz.

Effective 25 January, 2006, despite the protests and the efforts of Radio 
Amateurs of Canada, the Canadian Amateur Service lost the 220 - 222 MHz portion 
of the 220 - 225 MHz band. Details are contained in Canada Gazette Notice DGTP-
004-05, "Proposals and Changes to the Spectrum in Certain Bands Below 1.7 GHz" 
available on the Industry Canada web site at: 

http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/epic/internet/insmt-gst.nsf/en/sf08494e.html  .



You feel secure on UHF? look what i discover while listening for CUTE 1.7 at 
437.385MHZ!!!!!

Frq Tx (MHz) 	    Frq Rx (MHz) 	 Location. 	            Licensee
437.387500 	    437.387500 	ST-BRUNO           Coast-guard



And this a bit more troubling. The capital letter means this service is 
primary.....


Spectrum allocation

430 - 432
RADIOLOCATION
Amateur

432 - 438
RADIOLOCATION
Amateur
Earth exploration  by satellite (active) 5.279A
5.282

438 - 450
RADIOLOCATION 5.285
Amateur 5.284
5.286



5.282 In the bands 435-438 MHz, 1 260-1 270 MHz, 2 400-2 450 MHz, 3 400-3 410 
MHz (in Regions 2 and 3 only) and 5 650-5 670 MHz, the amateur-satellite 
service may operate subject to not causing harmful interference to other
services operating in accordance with the Table (see No. 5.43). Administrations 
authorizing such use shall ensure that any harmful interference caused by 
emissions from a station in the amateur-satellite service is immediately
eliminated in accordance with the provisions of No. 25.11. The use of the bands 
1 260-1 270 MHz and 5 650-5 670 MHz by the amateur-satellite service is limited 
to the Earth-to-space direction.

5.284 Additional allocation: in Canada, the band 440-450 MHz is also allocated 
to the amateur service on a secondary basis.

5.285 Different category of service: in Canada, the allocation of the band 440-
450 MHz to the radiolocation service is on a primary basis (see No. 5.33). 

5.286 The band 449.75-450.25 MHz may be used for the space operation service 
(Earth-to-space) and the space research service (Earth-to-space), subject to 
agreement obtained under No. 9.21.


A some look at me as a "Hail twister..." i does not want to play the trouble 
maker but if i read correctly "Administrations authorizing such use shall 
ensure that any harmful interference caused by emissions from a station in the 
amateur-satellite service is immediately eliminated in accordance with the 
provisions of No. 25.11."

Just remain to know what they mean by "ADMINISTRATIONS" and by " any harmful 
interference"? Is the immediately eliminated mean that we have to switch off 
cute 1.7 over Canada?



"-"
"It is not the class of license the amateur holds, but the class of the amateur 
that holds the license."

Luc Leblanc VE2DWE
AMSAT 33583
Skype VE2DWE
www.qsl.net/ve2dwe 
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