{"id":661916,"date":"2020-07-24T11:37:13","date_gmt":"2020-07-24T15:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=661916"},"modified":"2020-07-24T11:37:13","modified_gmt":"2020-07-24T15:37:13","slug":"ofcom-statement-on-5725-5850-mhz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=661916","title":{"rendered":"Ofcom statement on 5725-5850 MHz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ukamsat.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/ofcom-logo-col-t.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"21081\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/amsat-uk.org\/2014\/04\/28\/ofcom-interference-to-2400-mhz-from-lte\/ofcom-logo-col-t\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/ukamsat.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/ofcom-logo-col-t.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"300,88\" 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=\"Ofcom-logo-col-t\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/ukamsat.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/ofcom-logo-col-t.jpg?w=300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/ukamsat.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/ofcom-logo-col-t.jpg?w=300\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-21081\" src=\"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ofcom-logo-col-t.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>On Friday, July 24, Ofcom released their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ofcom.org.uk\/consultations-and-statements\/category-2\/improving-spectrum-access-for-wi-fi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">statement<\/a> on 5725-5850 MHz and 5925-6425 MHz.<\/p>\n<p>The main points are:<br \/>\n\u2022 Make 5925-6425 MHz available for Wi-Fi and other RLAN technologies<br \/>\n\u2022 The release of this spectrum will also enable very low power (VLP) outdoor use<br \/>\n\u2022 Remove the Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS) requirements from channels used by Wi-Fi in the 5725-5850 MHz Amateur and Amateur Satellite Service allocation band<\/p>\n<p>The Amateur Satellite Service weak-signal downlink band, 5830-5850 MHz, is used by amateur payloads on Deep-Space and Interplanetary spacecraft as well as by satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). Increased use of Wi-Fi across these frequencies could obliterate the weak amateur satellite signals.<\/p>\n<p>Ofcom statement<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ofcom.org.uk\/consultations-and-statements\/category-2\/improving-spectrum-access-for-wi-fi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.ofcom.org.uk\/consultations-and-statements\/category-2\/improving-spectrum-access-for-wi-fi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In 2013 CEPT looked at increased use of 5725-5850 MHz<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/amsat-uk.org\/2013\/08\/29\/cept-considers-use-of-5830-5850-mhz-satellite-band\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/amsat-uk.org\/2013\/08\/29\/cept-considers-use-of-5830-5850-mhz-satellite-band\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ukamsat.files.wordpress.com\/2020\/01\/wi-fi-channels-in-the-5-ghz-band.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"33666\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/amsat-uk.org\/2020\/01\/17\/ofcom-consultation-improving-spectrum-access-for-wi-fi\/wi-fi-channels-in-the-5-ghz-band\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/ukamsat.files.wordpress.com\/2020\/01\/wi-fi-channels-in-the-5-ghz-band.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1066,375\" 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;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Wi-Fi Channels in the 5 GHz Band\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Wi-Fi Channels in the 5 GHz Band&lt;\/p&gt;&#010;\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/ukamsat.files.wordpress.com\/2020\/01\/wi-fi-channels-in-the-5-ghz-band.jpg?w=300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/ukamsat.files.wordpress.com\/2020\/01\/wi-fi-channels-in-the-5-ghz-band.jpg?w=593\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-33666\" src=\"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/wi-fi-channels-in-the-5-ghz-band.jpg\" alt=\"Wi-Fi Channels in the 5 GHz Band\" width=\"640\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\n Click here for original story, <a href=\"https:\/\/amsat-uk.org\/2020\/07\/24\/ofcom-statement-5725-5850-mhz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Ofcom statement on 5725-5850 MHz<\/a>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource: Amsat UK&#013;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday, July 24, Ofcom released their statement on 5725-5850 MHz and 5925-6425 MHz. The main points are: \u2022 Make 5925-6425 MHz available for Wi-Fi and other RLAN technologies \u2022&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":615444,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-661916","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\/661916","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=661916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661916\/revisions"}],"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=661916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=661916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=661916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}