The WIA Technical Advisory Committee – Band Plan Updates Proposed for 6m, 70cm and 9cm bands

The Wireless Institute of Australia - Technical Advisory Committee are proposing changes to the Band Plan for 6m, 70cm and 9cm bands

The WIA TAC has opened a new band planning consultation paper for comment.

Changes are being considered to the following bands:

• 6m - with the AOCP(S) Standard class licensees gaining access to the entire band, a proposal has been made to remove the weak signal segment between 52.0 and 52.5 MHz and replace it with a new wideband segment, in support of new experiments including Reduced Bandwidth ATV using digital modulation techniques.

• 70cm - it is proposed to remove the grand fathered repeater segments and add an additional segment between 439.625-439.7875 which is allowed to use -7 MHz offset. In addition, the repeaters between 439.800-440.000 are also proposed to be granted access to -7MHz receiver offsets should the repeater operator wish to use them.

• 9cm - with the withdrawal of much of the amateur allocation between 3400-3600 MHz, as well as reports of interference and overload challenges with the weak signal segment currently being placed directly adjacent the 3400 -3420 MHz NBN LTE transmitters, a review of the band is proposed. Options are discussed and a new channel plan for wideband is also proposed.

The full consultation paper is available here: Link

We invite all radio amateurs to download and consider the proposals.
Feedback is most welcome and can be forwarded to us on email at tac@wia.org.au.

We are leaving the submission period open until January 31st 2024.
Please take the time to review the proposals and contribute your feedback.

Regards,
Grant Willis VK5GR
WIA TAC Chairman

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