{"id":479984,"date":"2018-05-28T06:35:49","date_gmt":"2018-05-28T10:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amsat-uk.org\/?p=32207"},"modified":"2018-05-28T06:35:49","modified_gmt":"2018-05-28T10:35:49","slug":"iaru-r1-highlights-threat-to-higher-ham-radio-bands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=479984","title":{"rendered":"IARU R1 highlights threat to higher ham radio bands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ukamsat.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/04\/iaru_region_1_logo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16799\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/amsat-uk.org\/2013\/04\/30\/iaru-region-1-agrees-addition-2m-satellite-allocation\/iaru_region_1_logo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/ukamsat.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/04\/iaru_region_1_logo.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"500,708\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IARU_Region_1_logo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/ukamsat.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/04\/iaru_region_1_logo.jpg?w=212&#038;h=300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/ukamsat.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/04\/iaru_region_1_logo.jpg?w=500\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-16799\" src=\"https:\/\/ukamsat.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/04\/iaru_region_1_logo.jpg?w=212&#038;h=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ukamsat.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/04\/iaru_region_1_logo.jpg?w=212&amp;h=300 212w, https:\/\/ukamsat.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/04\/iaru_region_1_logo.jpg?w=424&amp;h=600 424w, https:\/\/ukamsat.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/04\/iaru_region_1_logo.jpg?w=106&amp;h=150 106w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a>In issue 77 of the free <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iaru-r1.org\/index.php\/vhfuhsshf\/newsletters\"  rel=\"noopener\">IARU Region 1 VHF newsletter<\/a> the Chair of VHF-UHF-uW committee <strong>Jacques Verleijen ON4AVJ<\/strong> highlights the threats to vital amateur radio spectrum at VHF, UHF and Microwaves.<\/p>\n<p><em>In less than a year we will have our interim meeting about the use of the spectrum above 30 MHz. We have to face some challenges. I want to invite all Member Societies to think about how to promote, defend and use our frequencies.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>They are wanted by others, both government and commercial, users. So this is a wake-up call to be aware that if we not are using those bands we will lose them. Such a setback will not be the responsibility of IARU(R1), if we lose them, but from the amateur community who often have more commitment to HF, than VHF&amp;up.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I know that this statement will shock some of you, but it is true. Our survey on the use of VHF&amp;up made this clear. So I want to invite all Member Societies to think creatively (out of the box, as we say now) to think how to improve activity on our dear bands.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Like some have said: \u201cuse them or lose them\u201d and \u201cHF is not the only bands for ham radio, but they are the easiest to use\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Download the May 2018 newsletter from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iaru-r1.org\/index.php\/vhfuhsshf\/newsletters\"  rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.iaru-r1.org\/index.php\/vhfuhsshf\/newsletters<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In issue 77 of the free IARU Region 1 VHF newsletter the Chair of VHF-UHF-uW committee Jacques Verleijen ON4AVJ highlights the threats to vital amateur radio spectrum at VHF, UHF and Microwaves. In less than a year we will have &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/amsat-uk.org\/2018\/05\/28\/iaru-r1-highlights-threat-to-higher-ham-radio-bands\/\">Continue reading <span>&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/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-479984","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\/479984","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=479984"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479984\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":479986,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479984\/revisions\/479986"}],"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=479984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=479984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=479984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}