Additional frequencies for Ireland In December 2015 ComReg (Ireland's regulator) published a Draft Radio spectrum Management Strategy 2016-2018. The Irish Radio Transmitters Society responded with a comprehensive submission to this draft and a summary of this was published in the March 2016 edition of Echo Ireland. In June 2016 ComReg published its final Radio Spectrum Management Strategy 2016-2018 and indicated its intention to grant some additional spectrum to the amateur service. This has now been done and is in line with some of the requests made in the Society’s submission. The 70 MHz band has been extended to 69.9 MHz to 70.5 MHz. This is an increase of 275kHz over the existing band of 70.125 to 70.450 MHz and is the full band that may be allocated to the amateur service under the European Common Allocations table. Further spectrum covering all modes including digimodes has been granted on a secondary basis at 30 to 49 MHz and 54 to 69.9 MHz. The latter band also includes digital television in addition to all other modes. These new frequency bands are listed among the bands available generally to radio amateurs in Annex 1 of a recently revised version of the Amateur Station Licence Guidelines document ComReg 09/45 R4 which is available on the ComReg website. The new bands in the 40 MHz and 60 MHz regions will, among other things, facilitate modern type beacons in the region of these frequencies as well as moving the existing 70MHz beacon on 70.130 MHz to the section of the band designated for beacons. IRTS (Irish Radio Transmitters Society) will be producing a local band plan for these two bands in consultation with countries that have allocations at these frequencies and IARU. The Society would like to express its appreciation to ComReg for the release of this extensive spectrum to the amateur service on a secondary basis. Irish Radio Transmitters Society http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2018/april/additional-frequencies-for-ireland.htm
Great news ! What other countries allow the use of the spectrum between 30 and 49 MHz or 54 and 69.9 MHz ? I know about a few countries which can use parts of these frequencies...like Italy,Slovenia,Denmark or the RSA. Probably more around. Interesting times ahead now !
