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[VHFcontesting] We're about to lose 3456 MHz band entirely
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Keith Morehouse
RE: Probable loss of 3.4 Ghz amateur allocation. This is a comment I sent earlier to the VHF Contesting reflector in response to a post from Wayne, N6NB who is heavily invested in the bands above 900 MHz. I suggest you first read his original message, which is appended at the bottom of my email. Note that there is a license-free allocation at 3.55-3.7 GHz, the 'Citizens Broadband Radio Service'. It might be possible to petition the FCC for an alternate amateur allocation within this band when we lose our current (secondary) allocation - which we will, no doubt about it. The 5.7 GHz band is currently shared this way and, while not optimum, seems to be workable outside major urban areas. This has been on the horizon for several years but evidently it's the first Wayne has heard of it. The UK, which was, I think, the only ITU Region 1 country to have a 3.4 GHz amateur allocation, lost it about 2 years ago. The writing was then "on the wall", if you cared to read it. -W9RM Keith J Morehouse Managing Partner Calmesa Partners G.P. Olathe, CO ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Jay RM <w9rm@...> Date: Mon, Nov 25, 2019 at 7:31 AM Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] We're about to lose 3456 MHz band entirely To: vhfcontesting@... <VHFcontesting@...> Anybody who has been paying attention to the impending switch from 4G to 5G cellular technology has known, or at least strongly suspected, this was going to happen. The move to open the 3 GHz band for cellular communications has been ongoing for some time. As a matter of fact, the spectrum from 3.4 to 3.6 GHz has been designated as "globally harmonized". In other words, a world-wide operating band. This spectrum was reallocated in the UK a couple years ago and most ITU Region 1 countries have reserved it for commercial use for many years. The USA is VERY late to the 3 GHZ party. This "harmonization" was discussed and acted upon during WRC2015. Read all about it here:
https://www.gsma.com/spectrum/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/3-GHz-in-the-5G-era.pdf The "MOBILE NOW Act", passed in 2017 does not specify ANY frequency bands. It mandates the "making available" ("ripping away from current occupants" in non-Govspeak) of 255 MHz of new spectrum below 6 GHz. One can read a summary of the bill here: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/19 The old satellite C-Band (remember the big old TVRO dishes of the 1970's) is currently being ripped to shreds by this same MOBILE NOW act. A huge number of commercial users still depend on this band Like Wayne, I don't recall anything from the ARRL about this, but it may have been released back in 2015 after WRC. But, anybody in Amateur Radio who thinks they can make any kind of impact or change to this FCC docket (remember, the 3456 band was virtually re-allocated at WRC 15 as GLOBALLY IMPORTANT) is deluded. 3.4 is a shared band in ITU Region 2 and I don't believe Amateurs are even primary users. This isn't bad old UPS package delivery trying to sneak in and steal 220 MHz - this is communications GLOBALIZATION at work, sanctioned by the ITU years ago. Maybe, just maybe, an organization could lobby for some sort of compensation for loss of equipment. This is common in commercial reallocations. But, since we're not a commercial entity. . . Why did this happen ? Who forced this change ? If you cherish and depend on a cellular smartphone every waking minute of your life. . . well, YOU did. Bashing the ARRL or anybody else isn't going to change anything. -W9RM Keith J Morehouse Managing Partner Calmesa Partners G.P. Olathe, CO On Mon, Nov 25, 2019 at 6:50 AM Steve(K1IIG) <stephen.tripp@...> wrote: Hello Wayne and others, |
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