Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (A)
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From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Sep 02 2022 09:17:00

Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2340, for Friday, September 2nd, 2022

Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2340, with a release date of Friday,
September 2nd, 2022, to follow in 5-4-3-2-1.

The following is a QST. Cambodian equipment rules challenge amateurs 
there. Plans are in the works to re-enact historic transatlantic HF 
tests -- and get ready to celebrate Route 66, America's so-called "Mother 
Road." All this and more as Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2340, 
comes your way right now.

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BILLBOARD CART

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EQUIPMENT RULES CHALLENGE CAMBODIAN AMATEURS

NEIL/ANCHOR: Our top story this week concerns regulations that are having 
an impact on whether amateur stations can stay on the air in Cambodia. 
Jim Meachen, ZL2BHF, brings us those details.

JIM: Amateurs in Cambodia are struggling to comply with recent government 
regulations that they believe may prevent amateurs from being able to 
renew their operating certificates. The rules, passed in 2020, state that 
certificates will only be renewed for amateurs whose transceivers have 
been granted the approval of the Cambodian Ministry of Post and 
Telecommunications by proving they meet government-set standards for 
operating, safety and health. The approval is known as a TA.

According to a post in the QRZ.com forums from Dave Taylor, 
XU7AKG/ZL3AIK, hams believe the additional layer of security placed on 
amateurs in 2020 will have the effect of banning their equipment. Dave's 
post said that because the process of approval appears to be complex, 
current efforts are focusing on just one model of transceiver for now: 
getting the proper documents for the Yaesu FT-891.

Dave reports that, in the meantime, hams living in Cambodia and those 
visiting and wishing to get on the air have been unable to renew their 
Cambodia Amateur Certificates.

This is Jim Meachen ZL2BHF.

(QRZ)

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IARU RAMPING UP ADVOCACY OF AMATEUR USE OF 23CM BAND

NEIL/ANCHOR: The IARU is intensifying its advocacy of amateur use of the 
23cm band, in preparation for next year's World Radiocommunication 
Conference. Ed Durrant, DD5LP, has the latest developments.

ED: In advance of next year's World Radiocommunication Conference in 
Dubai, the International Amateur Radio Union is preparing for one 
especially critical item on the agenda: defence of hams' use of the 23cm 
band, where EME and Amateur TV operations are popular. Discussion next 
year is expected to centre on amateur coexistence with the radio 
navigation satellite service, or RNSS, on those frequencies. The IARU 
already presented its case at the EME conference held in Prague in 
August, advocating for continued amateur use.

Barry Lewis, G4SJH, chairman of Region 1's Spectrum and Regulatory 
Liaison Committee, reports on the Region 1 website that the IARU 
acknowledges that compromises will likely have to be made but negotiators 
are committed to finding a way to retain amateur presence on the band. 
Further studies are expected to take place in early September when 
technical details will be explored more deeply.

WRC-23 is scheduled to take place between the 20th of November and the 
15th of December of 2023.

I'm Ed Durrant, DD5LP.

(SOUTHGATE, IARU REGION 1)
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