18 Feb 03 Radio Amateurs of Canada Slide 1

WRC-2003 and BEYOND

QCWA

NATIONAL CAPITAL CHAPTER 70

Jim Dean, VE3IQ

18 Feb 03 Radio Amateurs of Canada Slide 2

WRC-2003 and BEYOND

TWO-PART PRESENTATION:

WRC-2003 AND POST-WRC TOPICS

RAC ACTIVITIES POST WRC-2003

18 Feb 03 Radio Amateurs of Canada Slide 3

WRC-2003 TOPICS

• Harmonization of 7.0 MHz Band

• Changes to Regulations

• Public Protection and Disaster Relief

• Review of Broadcasting 4 to 10 MHz Band

• EESS in the 420 to 470 MHz Band

• Wireless LANs in 5.6 GHz Band (RLANs)

• RNSS in the 1215 - 1300 MHz Band

18 Feb 03 Radio Amateurs of Canada Slide 4

WRC-2003 TOPICS

• Unwanted Emissions

• Little LEOs

• Possible new 135 kHz Amateur Allocation

• Agenda for WRC-2007(?)

18 Feb 03 Radio Amateurs of Canada Slide 5

BEYOND WRC-2003 TOPICS

• Wireless RLANs

• IMT-2000 - Next Generation

• Allocations above 275 GHz

• Adaptive Systems Below 28 MHz

• Ultra Wide Band (UWB)

• Software Defined Radios (SDR)

18 Feb 03 Radio Amateurs of Canada Slide 6

BEYOND WRC-2003 TOPICS

• Power Line Communications (PLC)

• Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)

• Preparations for WRC-2007

18 Feb 03 Radio Amateurs of Canada Slide 7

What is a WRC All About

• Primarily about SPECTRUM

• Formal votes are rare

• Consensus the target

• Result of a WRC is a new Treaty between the Member States of the ITU

18 Feb 03 Radio Amateurs of Canada Slide 8

HARMONIZATION of 7 MHz BAND

• 7000 to 7300 kHz until 1939• Region 1 and 3, 7000 - 7100 kHz• Region 2, 7000 - 7300 kHz• Broadcasting Review 4 - 10 MHz• Who gains? Who loses?• Six options

– Will be very difficult to resolve

18 Feb 03 Radio Amateurs of Canada Slide 9

CHANGES to REGULATIONS

• Changes to ITU Regulations– S25 Amateur Regulations– S19 Call Signs– S1 Definitions

18 Feb 03 Radio Amateurs of Canada Slide 10

CHANGES to S25 REGULATIONS

• S25.1 Forbidden countries list• S25.2 Transmissions shall be in plain language• S25.3 Prohibition of International third party

traffic• S25.4 Except when permitted !• S25.5 Amateurs must know Morse for operation

below 30 MHz

18 Feb 03 Radio Amateurs of Canada Slide 11

CHANGES to S25 REGULATIONS

• S25.6 Countries shall verify qualifications of candidates

• S25.7 Countries shall set maximum transmitter power

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CHANGES to S19 CALL SIGNS

• Prefix = one or two characters, identifies responsible administration (always followed by numeral)

• S19.49 c) forbids combinations commencing with a digit when the second character is the letter O or I

• Yemen only has prefix block 7O -- no amateur call sign allowed under RR!

18 Feb 03 Radio Amateurs of Canada Slide 13

CHANGES to S19 CALL SIGNS

• Also affects other countries, e.g. Zambia (9I), Tanzania (5I), Yugoslavia (4O), even UK (2I and 2O)

• Solution: delete S19.49 c)

• Numerals not permitted in suffix• Four letters not permitted, e.g. IARU

18 Feb 03 Radio Amateurs of Canada Slide 14

CHANGES to S19 CALL SIGNS

• Solution: “not more than four characters, the last of which shall be a letter”

• Would permit, e.g., VE1234C, VE7RCMP, VE3AB3C

• No confusion with call signs used in other services• It will remain for individual administrations to

determine whether they will adopt any or all of the changes

18 Feb 03 Radio Amateurs of Canada Slide 15

PUBLIC PROTECTION & DISASTER RELIEF

• WRC 95, WRC 97

• Access to 2 Metre Band Proposed

• Suppressed

• WRC 00 - Globally Harmonized Band

• Common frequencies, interoperability

• Cross-border protocols

• Equipment Manufacturers Proposing

18 Feb 03 Radio Amateurs of Canada Slide 16

REVIEW of BROADCASTING 4-10

MHz BAND• Examine Adequacy of HF Broadcasting

Allocations in 4 - 10 MHz Band

• Amateur, Mobile and Fixed Services Affected

• Wanted to include 7 MHz Harmonization

• IARU Resisted

• Standalone Agenda Item

18 Feb 03 Radio Amateurs of Canada Slide 17

EESS in the 420 - 470 MHz Band

• Synthetic Aperture Radar Systems

• Environmental Measurements

• Want 6 MHz Bandwidth

• 432 - 438 MHz

• Affects Amateur Weak Sig. & Satellite

• Feasible Solution Seems Possible

18 Feb 03 Radio Amateurs of Canada Slide 18

WIRELESS LANs - 5.6 GHz BAND

• Amateur Band is 5650 - 5925 MHz

• Low-power, Licence-exempt Devices

• Interference to Amateur Service

• Consequences of Amateur Interference?

18 Feb 03 Radio Amateurs of Canada Slide 19

RNSS in the 1240 - 1300 MHz BAND

• RNSS Band is 1215 - 1240 MHz

• WRC-2000 gave Galileo RNSS an allocation in 1260 -1300 MHz

• WRC-2003 - PFD limits to prevent interference to Radiolocation

• Amateur Satellites Uplink Band at 1268-1270 MHz.

18 Feb 03 Radio Amateurs of Canada Slide 20

RNSS in the 1240 - 1300 MHz Band

• No interference to amateur weak signal or satellite operations as far as I know

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UNWANTED EMISSIONS

• Crowded Spectrum

• One Service Interferes with Another

• Satellites a Particular Concern

• Could Affect Amateurs

• Watching Brief

18 Feb 03 Radio Amateurs of Canada Slide 22

LITTLE LEOs

• 135 MHz to 3 GHz

• Threat for WRC-97

• Industry Rationalization

• Need Changed but Threat Remains

• No Support for New Allocations

• Watching Brief

18 Feb 03 Radio Amateurs of Canada Slide 23

POSSIBLE NEW 135 kHz AMATEUR BAND

• No allocations below 1.8 MHz

• Considerable Interest

• Successful Experiments

• CEPT Countries have secondary allocation

• 135.7 - 137.8 kHz, 1w eirp, 100 Hz BW

• IC Decision - Seek Allocation by ITU

• Problem - Not on WRC2003 Agenda

18 Feb 03 Radio Amateurs of Canada Slide 24

AGENDA FOR WRC-2007

• Agenda is set at WRC-2003

• ITU is under financial constraints

• Will want to minimize agenda

• Few amateur items foreseen

• Possible 135 kHz

• Watch Broadcasting in 4-10 MHz

18 Feb 03 Radio Amateurs of Canada Slide 25

BEYOND WRC-2003

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RAC ACTIVITIES POST WRC-2003

• Industry Canada Tower Consultation

• Industry Canada Spectrum Policy Review

• Examination Revisions

• ARISS

• RAC Youth Program

• Protection of Amateur VHF.UHF/SHF Allocations

18 Feb 03 Radio Amateurs of Canada Slide 27

RAC Activities Post WRC-2003

• 220 MHz

• 5 MHz Amateur Band

• 2.4 GHz

• 5 GHz

• 10 GHz

• New Technologies (PLC, SDR, UWB)

18 Feb 03 Radio Amateurs of Canada Slide 28

RAC Activities Post WRC-2003

• Radio/Internet Communications

• Amateur Radio RLANs

• Commercial Wireless LANs Impacts