US firm backs RSGB UWB stance

The joint RSGB, UK Microwave Group and Amsat-UK response [url: www.g3psm.net/Joint-UWB-Response-v1a.pdf ] to European plans to allocate spectrum space to ultra wide band has won the backing of a leading US ultra wide band company.

Bob Fontana, president of Multispectral Solutions, said that he fully agreed with the stance of the joint response that ultra wide band should be restricted to frequencies above 6GHz.

Ultra wide band is a wireless version of the popular USB technology that is used to connect devices such as mice and keyboards to computers. Unlike other radio technologies, ultra wide band generates short pulses made up of lots of frequencies, rather than modulating a signal on a particular carrier frequency. This approach, known as carrier-free radio, allows massive amounts of information to be transferred quickly.

However, radio amateurs are worried that the technology could threaten the amateur microwave bands, especially if it were used outdoors as an alternative to wireless network technologies like Wi-Fi. The RSGB and its partners are therefore calling for the technology to include masking to protect the amateur bands

Source: GB2RS News - Courtesy of the RSGB