Consultation on Licence Exemption changes

On Friday the UK regulator Ofcom published a consultation setting out proposals to modify licence exemption rules for a range of wireless devices including 433.05-434.79 MHz in the Amateur Radio 70cm band.

The consultation covers broadband satellite services, railway level crossing safety sensors, underwater radio communications systems, and a number of short-range devices. It also gives information on recent and upcoming European Commission decisions affecting licence exemption regulations.

With regard to 433.05-434.79 MHz the consultation says 4.10.3 For Non-Specific SRDs, removing any remaining analogue voice and digitised voice/audio/video restrictions from the 433.05 to 434.79 MHz.

Responses must be submitted by 7 May 2010 and the Online consultation response form is at
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/consult/condocs/devices/
howtorespond/form

The consultation can be found at
http://www.ofcom.org.uk/consult/condocs/devices/

The PDF consultation document is at
http://www.ofcom.org.uk/consult/condocs/devices/
devices.pdf