Maximum power output increased to 3Kw

Maximum amateur radio transmitter power output to be increased to 3Kw - that's 3000 Watts pep for SSB and 3000 Watts average for other modes.

Use of the FM Band 88 to 108 and Amateur Television broadcasts may be conducted on any unoccupied standard VHF or UHF television channel!

The 'kicker' here is that to take advantage of 3Kw you have to travel to Somalia!

Yes, the Ministry of Information, Telecommunication and Culture in that country has just included WRC 2003 changes and also made additional frequency allocations for amateur radio experimenters in Somalia.

This Ministry is promoting Somalia as the best holiday and research destination for visiting radio amateurs as a way of attracting skilled persons to help the local Somali people become HAM Radio operators.

The Ministry is pleased to announce that radio amateurs may now operate on additional bands such as

VLF 0 to 9 Kilohertz
LF 70 to 90 KHz
130 to 190 KHz
MF 495 to 526 KHz
HF 5.060 to 5.450 MHz
26.100 to 29.700 MHz (excludes 27.995-27.999)

The Visitor Somalia Amateur Radio License is issued to any class of overseas amateur radio license holder as a courtesy, free of charge and for life unless cancelled by the Somali Government.

"No other country provides radio amateurs with more frequencies or a higher transmitter power output as Somalia" said a spokesman this week "Somalia welcomes radio amateurs from throughout the world".

Abdikariim Ali Sulatn in Puntand State Somalia confirmed again that Aussie Amateur Sam Voron 6OA, (VK2BVS) will continue to conduct ham radio license qualifying courses and issue amateur radio licenses free of charge "in the name of this Ministry" until a national Somali Amateur Radio Society is formed.
(vk2bvs)

Source: Wireless Institute of Australia

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