Spectrum Forum papers and consultations
Here are gathered together papers and consultations related to the work of the Spectrum Forum.
2011
Response to DCMS open letter – A Communications Review for the Digital Age (5-page/204KB PDF)
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2010
February 2010
Ofcom: World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-12) Consultation (5-page/139KB PDF)
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2009
May 2009
Ofcom: London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Draft spectrum plan (81-page/445KB PDF)
August 2009
London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games: Draft Spectrum Plan Consultation
Response by the Radio Society of Great Britain (4-page/274KB PDF)
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2008
October 2008
Low Power Licence-Exemption Limits Above 10GHz
Joint Response by the Radio Society of Great Britain, UK Microwave Group, Amsat-UK and BATC (3-page/54.3 PDF)
Applying spectrum pricing to the Maritime and Aeronautical sectors
Joint response from the Radio Society of Great Britain, UK Microwave Group, Amsat-UK and BATC (3-page/60.8KB PDF)
September 2008
UK Defence Spectrum Management
A Consultation on:
An Implementation Plan for Reform
Joint response from the Radio Society of Great Britain, UK Microwave Group, Amsat-UK and BATC (4-page/76KB PDF)
July 2008
RSGB Response to draft CEPT ECC Report 25 (2-page/20KB PDF)
Spectrum Commons Classes for Licence-Exemption
Response by the Radio Society of Great Britain (2-page/24.2KB PDF )
May 2008
UK Defence Spectrum Management
A Consultation on: An Implementation Plan for Reform (91-page/3.36KB PDF)
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2007
October 2007
Joint RSGB/UKuG/Amsat-UK/BATC response to Ofcom Spectrum Framework Review (Public Sector) consultation (2-page/22.4KB)
September 2007
Joint RSGB/UKuG/Amsat-UK/BATC response to Notice of Ofcom’s proposal to make regulations in connection with the award of 10GHz, 28GHz 32GHz and 40GHz (2-page/78.6KB PDF)
July 2007
Joint RSGB/UKuG/Amsat - UK response to Ofcom UtraWideband Equipment (Exemption) Regulations (3-page/57KB PDF)
April 2007
RSGB response to European Commission Green Paper on Satellite Navigation applications (4-page/47.1KB PDF)
April 2007
RSGB Response to Ofcom 10 GHz 2012 Consultation (3-page/41.6KB)
March 2007
PowerLine Telecommunications (PLT); Coexistence between PLT Modems and fixed SW Radio broadcasting services
RSGB HF Manager’s response (2-page/79.5KB PDF)
February 2007
Joint RSGB/UKuG/Amsat-UK response to Ofcom award of available spectrum at 10 GHz, 28 GHz, 32 GHz and 40 GHz consultation (3-page/173KB PDF)
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2006
December 2006
CEPT Draft ECC Report 100: Compatibility Studies in the band 3400 - 3800MHz between Broadband Wireless Systems and other systems and services
Joint RSGB, UK Microwave Group and AMSAT (UK) response, December 2006 (4-page/73.8KB PDF)
CEPT Draft ECC Report 98: Studying the compatibility issues of the UIC Euroloop system with other systems in the frequency band 9.5 to 17.5 MHz
See ECC Report 98 RSGB Response, Dec 2006 (2-page/128KB)
May 2006
CEPT Consultations on UltraWideBand (UWB)
Take the link to the microwave web page for an explanation of UWB and more information on this topic.
Joint RSGB, UK Microwave Group & AMSAT-UK response, December 2005 (4-page/168KB PDF)
Latest joint UWB response, May 2006 (4-page/173KB PDF)
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2005
August 2005
CEPT Draft ECC Recommendation (05)07: RF Channel arrangements for Fixed Service Systems operating in the bands 71.0 - 76.0GHz and 81.0 - 86.0GHz
RSGB’s Response, August 2005 (3-page/51.5KB PDF)
HM Treasury’s Independent Spectrum Audit Exercise, March - August 2005
This audit was carried out by Prof. Martin Cave between March and August 2005. Full details can be found at http://www.spectrumaudit.org.uk/.
The main UK Amateur papers were:’
RSGB: Emerging Issues (9-page/64KB PDF)
RSGB’s Responsee (6-page/31.3KB PDF)
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2004
November 2004
OFCOM’s Spectrum Review
On 23 November 2004 Ofcom published a consultation document on options for the future strategy that Ofcom could adopt for management of the radio spectrum, which of course is one of Ofcom’s key statutory duties. Please follow the link for both the initial consultation document and further details published by Ofcom on this important consultative process to our hobby.
Whilst the following will or are already published on the Ofcom website, for ease of reference links to the responses from the RSGB and affiliated groups are reproduced below:
RSGB Response (7-page/33.7KB PDF)
AMSAT response (6-page/38.5KB Microsoft Word Document)
Joint Amateur Radio Emergency Communications/RAYNET Response (8-page/77.5KB Microsoft Word Document)
UK Microwave Group response (7-page/30.4KB PDF)
BATC Response (4-page/32.5KB Microsoft Word Document)