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  • LF News, 19th April 2013

    • 19/4. International Marconi Day is Saturday 20th of April and GB4FPR will be on 472.5kHz from 1200z. They will also be listening for CW calls on 3566kHz +/- QRM.

    • 26/3. Finland gets 472-479kHz starting today, with 1w EIRP and a bandwidth of not more than 1kHz. No special permit is needed.

    • 17/2. Australia to France on 630m WSPR. F6CNI got one good decode of VK1DSH on WSPR on the evening of 16th. Andy (F6CNI) was out portable with a beverage aerial.

    • 8/2. Italy on 472. At last there is official confirmation that Italian stations can use the new band. Just waiting for France now!

    • 23/1. 472 Grabber running. Thanks to a crystal from Ebay the 500k grabber is now running on 472kHz showing the whole band. Grabber.

    • 19/1. Iceland on 472kHz. As of January 6th Icelandic "G" class licencees (and above) are permitted to use the 472kHz band with a 1kHz max bandwidth and 5W EIRP.

    • 20/12. get your NOV today! UK full licence holders just follow this link, fill in the form and your NOV will arrive by e-mail in a couple of minutes.
      http://www.rsgb.org/operating/novapp/nov-472-479-khz.php
      See you on the band!

    • 12/12. List of countries with a 472kHz allocation. Thanks to Rik ON7YD.

      Australia (01/01/2013)
      Czech Republic (01/09/2012 ?) - special licence(s)
      Denmark (01/01/2013)
      Finland (26/03/2013)
      Germany (13/06/2012)
      Greece (01/11/2012)
      Italy (08/02/2013)
      Malta (11/06/2012)
      Monaco (18/05/2012)
      Netherlands (01/01/2013)
      New Zealand (20/12/2012)
      Norway (30/10/2012)
      Philippines (30/08/2012)
      Slovakia (01/09/2012 ?) - special licence(s)
      Spain (early 2013)
      Sweden (01/10/2012) - special licence(s)
      Switzerland (01/01/2013)
      United Kingdom (01/01/2013)

    • 21/11. USA to finally get 136kHz band? The FCC have released a "Notice of proposed Rulemaking" regarding the introduction of a full 135.7 - 137.8kHz allocation. Comments on this proposal will be accepted for 60 days after the proposal has been published in the Federal Register.



 

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