As usual, IARU SRLC volunteers participated in the two most recent CEPT CPG project team meetings. Project team A (PTA) is developing the CEPT Briefs and European Common Positions on a number of WRC-23 agenda items of interest to the amateur community. In particular agenda item 1.12 on Space-borne Earth Exploration Satellite Service Radar Sounders in the 40 – 50MHz band and agenda item 9.1a spectrum proposals for Space Weather Sounders are being followed carefully. The project team is also considering proposals for future WRC agenda items (Agenda item 10).

A summary report is available here. 

CEPT CPG project team C (PTC) also met to consider a range of agenda items that includes preparation of the CEPT Brief for the 23cm/RNSS agenda item 9.1b. No major change occurred to the substance of this Brief or the proposed CEPT position.

As usual the IARU participated in the most recent CEPT SE40 meeting developing the ECC Report on 23cm band amateur and RNSS GALILEO coexistence. The meeting reviewed and accepted a major statistical study carried out by the IARU for inclusion in the developing draft work item deliverable. No other contributing parties have provided such a study and the results clearly underpin the IARU view that potential interference to a population of RNSS GALILEO users is unlikely on any large scale.

A SRLC summary report is available hereand includes links to the relevant documents.

CEPT Short Range Device project team SE24 meeting #108 took place 9 — 11 January 2023. The IARU participated in the work of the group on several work items associated with Wireless Power Transfer (WPT) and Ultra-Wide Band (UWB) automotive radars. 

The impact and standardisation of WPT technologies is being carefully assessed across the lowest HF bands and the impact of the UWB technologies is relevant in the amateur service allocations in the mm-wave bands at 76 GHz, 122 GHz and 134 GHz. 

The IARU R1 continues to fully engage in the ongoing studies associated with WPT to ensure minimal impact to our lowest HF bands. The IARU made a contribution to ensure the amateur services voice was heard in the discussion to finalise draft ECC Report 351 on spectrum sharing studies on mm-wave UWB radar systems. Draft ECC reports 350 and 351 were finalised. A SRLC report can be found here.

The IARUMS Region 1 Newsletter December 2022 is now available.
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The IARUMS Region 1 Newsletter November 2022 is now available.
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