The IARU Region‑1 Political Relations Committee (PRC) has responded to two recent European Commission consultations to promote the amateur radio viewpoint. In the case of the consultation on ‘Designing mobile phones and tablets to be sustainable – ecodesign’ the PRCdecided that the most appropriate response was in the form of a written submission.
In the second instance, the consultation on the Delegated Act under the RED on the subject of ‘Internet-connected radio equipment and wearable radio equipment’, the IARU response was one of 26 received by the Commission.
The Delegated Act aims at strengthening the security of internet-connected devices, most of which are expected to be part of the Internet of Things, and of wearable radio equipment. However IARU has concerns as to how the Act will be implemented and how it might affect amateur radio.
The PRC is always looking for new members to help to join the team and contribute to its work. Why not contact the Chair, Séamus EI8BP?
The EC better regulation portal permits citizens and businesses to share their views on new EU policies and existing laws. Currently the Commission has two somewhat related public consultations on EU initiatives:
The title of this initiative is “Internet-connected radio equipment and wearable radio equipment”. This is a proposed Delegated Act under Article 3(3) of RED which has been the subject of discussion for some time.
Inter-connected radio equipment includes virtually all devices that have a network connection. The aim of the ACT is to improve the cybersecurity of these devices by constraining the upload of software. This has potential implications for radio amateurs and experimenters.
EU/EAA based Member Societies or individual radio amateurs may wish to respond to these consultations directly or, alternatively, all who are interested may send their views to the IARUR1PRC who are preparing a submission (Chair Séamus EI8BP).
During the period 5 – 13 July 2021, the preparatory work for WRC-23 agenda item 9.1b continued in ITU‑R Working Party 4C (WP4C). (See Region 1 Feb 23rd news item for further background). The IARU member representatives from Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Japan, Norway, UK and USA, participated in the meeting and delivered additional information on amateur activities in this key microwave band
Preliminary studies came from France based on the ongoing CEPT work to provide initial estimates of separation distances required between RNSSGALILEO receivers and a sample of amateur emissions. The European Commission GALILEO team provided a set of observations pertaining to a RNSS interference event in northern Italy.
Global IARU Band Plans and RNSS system frequency band overlaps
The work contributed by France, although needing refinement, is going in a good direction, using ITU‑R recommended propagation models and assumptions based on operating scenarios provided by the amateur community. Further work is needed to take account of the large disparity between the RNSS service receiver bandwidths and the frequency band offsets of the amateur applications based on the measurements carried out by Germany.
One example result from a preliminary simulation run
The RNSS community have updated their RNSS receiver protection criteria with an update to ITU‑R Recommendation M.1902 that now includes parameters relevant to the GALILEOE6 signal block. However these criteria only distinguish between a narrow band and wide band interferer level at the receiver and take no account of offset frequency in the receiver bandwidth or any time variance.
The IARU is working to ensure the amateur services are realistically represented in the studies as they move forward. It remains vital that national amateur communities present their views on the importance of this band to their national regulators in a consolidated and consistent manner. The work will continue throughout the year and beyond both in ITU‑R and in the regional telecommunications organisations and the IARU is committed to ensure every group hears the amateur position on this important microwave band.
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