{"id":242344,"date":"2016-08-01T15:10:28","date_gmt":"2016-08-01T19:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amsat-uk.org\/?p=30327"},"modified":"2016-08-01T15:10:28","modified_gmt":"2016-08-01T19:10:28","slug":"ofcom-5-ghz-consultation-rsgb-and-amsat-uk-responses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=242344","title":{"rendered":"Ofcom 5 GHz Consultation \u2013 RSGB and AMSAT-UK responses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-21081 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/ukamsat.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/ofcom-logo-col-t.jpg?w=593\" alt=\"Ofcom-logo-col-t\"   \/>In their <a href=\"http:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/spectrum-forum-posts-overview\/spectrum-forum-papers-consultations\/2016\/08\/01\/5ghz-wi-fi\/\" >response<\/a> to the Ofcom consultation on Wi-Fi in the 5 GHz Amateur Radio allocation the RSGB said <em>&#8220;We are deeply disappointed in respect of Ofcom\u2019s compliance with its duties\u2026&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB) pointed out that:<br \/>\na) Ofcom has deliberately not contacted the most innovative incumbents\/stakeholders as<br \/>\nstated in Para 3.43 (only Wi-Fi) prior to the formal consultation period<br \/>\nb) As an incumbent we have been blocked from contact during the consultation<br \/>\nc) Ofcom has ignored their duty with respect to CEPT ECA allocation footnotes ECA17\/231<br \/>\nd) We expect Ofcom to makes amends and engage, or we will consider escalating this<\/p>\n<p>The Society pointed out that <em>&#8220;Ofcom\u2019s research is badly flawed and belittles incumbents\u2026&#8221;<\/em> and <em>&#8220;Ofcom strategy for Consumers is also flawed\u2026&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The RSGB describes how <em>&#8220;Ofcom\u2019s preference risks causing harmful interference at home and internationally&#8221;<\/em> and <em>&#8220;Ofcom continues to unfairly suppress the most innovative stakeholder in the band, and undermine technology for innovation and emergency communications\u2026&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Read both the RSGB and the AMSAT-UK responses at<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/spectrum-forum-posts-overview\/spectrum-forum-papers-consultations\/2016\/08\/01\/5ghz-wi-fi\/\" >http:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/blog\/spectrum-forum-posts-overview\/spectrum-forum-papers-consultations\/2016\/08\/01\/5ghz-wi-fi\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ofcom propose using Amateur Radio band for Wi-Fi<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/amsat-uk.org\/2016\/05\/13\/ofcom-propose-using-ham-radio-band-for-wi-fi\/\" >https:\/\/amsat-uk.org\/2016\/05\/13\/ofcom-propose-using-ham-radio-band-for-wi-fi\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/pixel.wp.com\/b.gif?host=amsat-uk.org&#038;blog=41081109&#038;%23038;post=30327&#038;%23038;subd=ukamsat&#038;%23038;ref=&#038;%23038;feed=1\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In their response to the Ofcom consultation on Wi-Fi in the 5 GHz Amateur Radio allocation the RSGB said &ldquo;We are deeply disappointed in respect of Ofcom&rsquo;s compliance with its duties&hellip;&rdquo; The Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB) pointed out &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/amsat-uk.org\/2016\/08\/01\/ofcom-5-ghz-rsgb-amsat-uk\/\">Continue reading <span>&rarr;<\/span><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/pixel.wp.com\/b.gif?host=amsat-uk.org&amp;blog=41081109&amp;post=30327&amp;subd=ukamsat&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":615444,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-242344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-AMSAT"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=242344"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":242366,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242344\/revisions\/242366"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/615444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=242344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=242344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=242344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}