Ireland seeks allocation in the 500 kHz region

The Irish Radio Transmitters Society recently submitted a proposal to ComReg (Ireland's regulator) for a small allocation to amateur radio experimenters in the region of 500 kHz.

The Ofcom report on the Aeronautical and Maritime
Radiocommunications Services indicates that apart from
490 and 518 kHz, which carry the NAVTEX component of the
Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS), there is little traffic in the band 415 to 526.5 kHz. Beginning in the late 1990s, most countries ended the monitoring of Morse transmissions on 500 kHz.

The Ofcom report also indicates that an allocation to the amateur radio service in the vicinity of 500 kHz would be worthy of consideration.

The proposal made by the IRTS is similar to one being considered by Ofcom, which was made to it by the RSGB.

Source: IRTS

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