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CRRL VUAC BULLETIN 

JULY 9 1989

FROM: DANA SHTUN VE3DSS CHAIRMAN CRRL VHF UHF ADVISORY COMMITTEE

RE: WARC'S SET TO ROLL, AMATEUR SPECTRUM MAY COME UNDER FIRE!

CRRL HAS JUST LEARNED THAT THE ITU (INTERNATIONAL
TELECOMMUNICATIONS UNION) HAS SET THE SCHEDULES FOR
FORTHCOMING WORLD ADMINISTRATIVE RADIO CONFERENCES (WARC).

HISTORICALLY, THE INTERNATIONAL AMATEUR RADIO UNION (IARU) HAS
FOUGHT HARD TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACT THAT THESE WARC's HAVE UPON
OUR BANDS. AS WE ENTER THE 1990's THE PRESSURES BEING BROUGHT TO
BEAR ON OUR HIGHER UHF, AND EXTENSIVE MICROWAVE SPECTRUM 
CONTINUE TO INCREASE.

THE SCHEDULE IS AS FOLLOWS:

1)"WARC FOR DEALING WITH FREQUENCIES ALLOCATED IN CERTAIN PARTS
     OF THE SPECTRUM"     covering 3 - 30 MHz
                          covering 500 - 3000 MHz
                          covering > 12.7 GHz

THIS WARC IS SET TO CONVENE IN SPAIN, IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF
1992.

Not only does this cover our HF bands, but also covers our 902 -
928 MHz, 2300 - 2450 MHz band, and all our allocations above 12.7
GHz.

2) "HF BROADCAST WARC" 

THIS WARC IS SET FOR 1993 IN GENEVA, SWITZERLAND.

This could affect our allocations at 3.95 - 4 MHz, and 7.100 -
7.300 MHz.