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ARLX006 Radio Amateurs in Canada to Get New 100 Watt 5 MHz Allocation

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Special Bulletin 6  ARLX006
> From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT  April 17, 2018
To all radio amateurs

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ARLX006 Radio Amateurs in Canada to Get New 100 Watt 5 MHz Allocation

Radio Amateurs in Canada are poised to join those in several other nations
around the world who have access to a new 60-meter band, 5351.5 - 5366.5 kHz,
as agreed upon at World Radiocommunication
Conference 2015 (WRC-15), but with a maximum power of 100 watts effective
radiated power (ERP). The updated Canadian Table of Frequency Allocations
includes the new allocation, although radio amateurs have not yet been
authorized to use it. This updated table can be found on the web at,
http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/smt-gst.nsf/eng/sf10759.html .

Canada's radio amateurs will also retain the four Amateur Radio channels that
do not fall within the new allocation. These have been authorized under a
footnote to the Table since 2014, permitting
phone, data, and CW at a maximum occupied bandwidth of 2.8 kHz. The 60-meter
allocation and spot frequencies are on a secondary, non-interference basis.

In January 2017, ARRL asked the FCC to allocate a new, secondary contiguous
band at 5 MHz to the Amateur Service, while also retaining four of the current
five 60-meter channels and current operating rules, including the 100 watt PEP
ERP limit. The federal government is the primary user of the 5 MHz spectrum in
the US. The FCC has yet to act on ARRL's petition.

Canada's regulatory agency, the Department of Innovation, Science and Economic
Development Canada (ISED) last August proposed to adopt WRC-15 decisions that
included the 15 kHz Amateur Radio allocation. The proposed revisions to the
Table would retain the original five 5 MHz spot frequencies with a maximum of
100 watts ERP, but restrict the new 15 kHz allocation to just 15 watts EIRP, as
agreed to at WRC-15, accommodating the concerns of a few countries over
possible interference to their domestic communications.

"Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC) noted in its response to the proposed changes
that there had been no reports of interference from Amateur Radio operations on
the existing five 60-meter spot frequencies following their use in Canada since
2014 and in the USA for even longer," RAC President Glenn MacDonell, VE3XRA,
said. "Further, the rationale for allocating the spot frequencies had been
based on the value of 60 meters for emergency communication, and the low power
limit adopted at WRC-15 would seriously limit this use."

MacDonnell said comments from the Radio Advisory Board of Canada (of which RAC
is a member organization), the Ottawa Valley Mobile Radio Club, the Marconi
Radio Club of Newfoundland, and several individual radio amateurs also
recommended 100 watts.

"The new allocation will be more effective and manageable for domestic SSB
communications, and consistent with the existing use of the band on the five
spot frequencies now enjoyed by Canadian amateurs," MacDonnell said.

ISED typically authorizes the use of new allocations via a revised document
RBR-4 - Standards for the Operation of Radio Stations in the Amateur Radio
Service. "Radio Amateurs of Canada will be urging ISED to authorize the new 15
kHz segment as soon as possible," MacDonell said.

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