[FLWSS] UK REGULATOR PROPOSES SELLING 10 GHz HAM BAND

[Hendrickson, Kenneth]

Amateur Radio Newsline Story follows:

RADIO REGULATIONS:  UK REGULATOR PROPOSES SELLING HAM BAND

Is U-K telecommunications regulator OFCOM getting ready to try to
auction  off a ham band?  Jeramy Boot, G-4-N-J-H, is in Nottingham,
England is here with more:

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U-K telecommunications regulator has published proposals with relevance
to the 3cm band.  The proposals concern the award and auction of
spectrum between 10 GHz and 40 GHz..

One range of frequencies under consideration coincides with the 3cm
Amateur Satellite Service allocation.

I'm Jeramy Boot, G4NJH, and you are listening to the amateur radio
Newsline.

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Details of the pending auction are on the Ofcom web site.  Specific
links to it can be found in the News section of the RSGB web site.  The
latter is in cyberspace at www.rsgb.org.  (GB2RS)

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End of Amateur Radio Newsline Story.

Here are some links I chased down:

http://www.ofcom.org.uk/consult/condocs/10-40notice/
http://www.ofcom.org.uk/consult/condocs/10ghz/

Some responses are here:
http://www.ofcom.org.uk/consult/condocs/10ghz/responses/

And you too can respond at the links above!

73,
Ken N8KH