500 kHz Permissions

Arising from a meeting on 12 February, the Irish regulator ComReg has agreed to allow the Irish Radio Transmitters Society to seek expressions of interest for a limited number of permissions to operate in the region of 500 kHz under a licence to be issued to IRTS.

Expressions of interest are being sought equally from both non IRTS and IRTS members.

Stations to which permissions are issued will have to send regular reports to IRTS consisting of their experience of propagation, type of propagation used, noise experienced and methodology used on this band so that these can be coordinated and periodic reports submitted to ComReg.

Participants will be expected to keep a separate full detailed log of all experiments conducted.

It should be noted that only a relatively small number of permissions will be granted and expressions of interest should only be made by those in a position to carry out realistic propagation experiments in this part of the spectrum.

A form on which to submit to IRTS an expression of interest is available on the IRTS website at www.irts.ie

The final decision on the issue of permits will of course rest with ComReg as the statutory licensing authority.