Subj : Amateur Radio Newsline (A) To : All From : Daryl Stout Date : Fri Apr 21 2023 08:34:28 Amateur Radio Newsline Report 2373, for Friday, April 21st, 2023 Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2373 with a release date of Friday, April 21st, 2023, to follow in 5-4-3-2-1. The following is a QST. In the US, the FCC commits itself to managing satellites more effectively. Two losses hit the World Radiosport Team Championship -- and Nokia and NASA look at putting wireless on the moon. All this and more, as Amateur Radio Newsline Report Number 2373, comes your way right now. ** BILLBOARD CART ** FCC COMMITS TO IMPROVING SATELLITE MANAGEMENT NEIL/ANCHOR: Our top story takes us to Washington, D.C., where two new FCC offices are taking a closer look at how to better handle all those satellites in orbit high above our planet. Andy Morrison, K9AWM, brings us up to date. ANDY: Hoping to get a better handle on regulating satellites and reducing the effects of orbital debris, the US Federal Communications Commission has added two new departments under its umbrella: the Space Bureau and the Office of International Affairs. The move replaces the agency's International Bureau, which handled licensing and regulation of satellite programs and international telecommunications. The FCC's announcement did not specify what impact, if any, this move would have on amateur radio satellites. FCC chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said at an opening event for the new departments that they would [quote] "promote long-term technical capacity to address satellite policies and approve our coordination with other agencies on all of these issues." [endquote] The departments are expected to coordinate their efforts in such areas as the 2023 World Radiocommunication Conference. The conference will take place in Dubai starting on November 20th. This is Andy Morrison, K9AWM. (FCC, NEXTGOV.COM) ** AGENCY SEEKS STRATEGY FOR REPURPOSING SPECTRUM NEIL/ANCHOR: Another US government agency is taking a look at whether some frequencies need to be reallocated as more and more wireless devices get on the air. Stephen Kinford, N8WB, brings us that story. STEPHEN: In the United States, an increasing appetite for spectrum from wireless services has spurred the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to find at least 1,500 MHz of the radio spectrum to meet that demand. The NTIA is looking for input from the public to identify which bands could be repurposed under this new spectrum strategy. The agency said on its website that the strategy is [quote] "a government-wide approach to maximizing the potential of our nation's spectrum resources." [endquote] The NTIA shares spectrum-allocation duties with the Federal Communications Commission. In the United States, hams already share many UHF and microwave bands with government users. To learn more, follow the link in the text version of this week's Newsline script. This is Stephen Kinford, N8WB. [FOR PRINT ONLY: https://ntia.gov/issues/national-spectrum-strategy ] (NTIA, AMATEUR RADIO WEEKLY) ** NOKIA AND NASA TO PUT WIRELESS SERVICE ON THE MOON NEIL/ANCHOR: Meanwhile, a whole new wireless network of sorts is being looked at - for the moon! Let's hear more from Kent Peterson, KC0DGY. KENT: An LTE/4G network destined for the moon is expected to launch on board a SpaceX rocket later this year, according to plans from the Finnish telecommunications giant Nokia. According to reports on CNBC, it's part of a partnership with NASA that envisions the creation of the first colony on the lunar surface. A message on Nokia's webpage states that the network will be designed to support the transmitting of telemetry, biometrics, and sensing applications and will also be available for HD video and robotics. Nokia states that the high-bandwidth network will be a vital tool in NASA's plan for so-called "sustainable exploration" of the moon. NASA chose the Finnish telecommunications company in 2020, announcing Nokia's role in the Artemis lunar program to return a human presence to the moon -- this time for extended operations by the end of the decade. According to the Nokia website, the network will include an LTE Base Station with integrated Evolved Packet Core functionalities, LTE User Equipment and RF antennas. The system will have hardware redundancy and through its software, the capacity for remote operation. This is Kent Peterson, KC0DGY. (NOKIA, CNBC) --- SBBSecho 3.20-Win32 * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, Arkansas (954:895/7) .