ICASA to hold hearing on table of frequencies

South Africa's regulator ICASA will be holding public hearings on proposed revisions to the table of frequency allocations in South Africa from 17 August.

The South African Radio League (SARL) will be presenting the case for Amateur Radio.

Last year the SARL made proposals that new amateur allocations be considered around 500 kHz and 5 MHz, the extension of 160 metres to the full 1 800 - 2 000 kHz and allocations 2 300 - 2 450 MHz and 3 300 - 3 500 MHz.

The SARL is currently preparing its case in greater detail motivating the reasons why these allocations will be beneficial to amateur radio and its contribution to propagation and other studies.

You are requested to make input on why these allocation requests should be considered by ICASA. Please send your input to armi@sarl.org.za.

It would be useful to receive your input and comment by Tuesday night as the SARL Council is meeting on Wednesday evening to finalise the SARL approach.

The South African Radio League