Southgate news reports that a full 4MHz wide amateur band in Region 1 may be on the agenda for the next WRC in 2019. If this happens it would be very useful, although this is 4 years away and may not even make the next agenda! A 4MHz wide band would harmonise the allocation across the world and possibly allow satellites on this band. A 4MHz wide band would be wide enough for most modes and wider than any existing band below UHF.
See http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2015/october/proposed_50_54_mhz_agenda_item_for_wrc_19.htm#.VjZIdStEd81 .
1 Nov 2015
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Pointless.
4Mhz worth of silence instead of 2 Mhz.
A badly under utilized band and it will never change.
Better to put resources into getting better status on the HF bands,or 2m.
I don't agree. A harmonised band would probably allow satellite access on 6m, although I tend to agree that it is under-utilised though. Personally I'd rather see an extra 2MHz allocated at 6m than an extra 1MHz at 2m and 4m, which really is under-utilised, except for a very few dedicated ATVers experimenting with DTV in narrow bandwidths. Of course DTV could use much of the extra 2MHz at 6m, if allocated in 2019, and maybe we'd see some amateur TV by 6m Es?
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