01 |
General |
Agenda en list of documents |
Overview of individual proposals, clustered per main subject. |
02 |
General |
Situation report Varna 2014 Check and to-do’s |
Status of actions |
03 |
General |
Report of the chairman C5 |
General overview of newsletter, handbook, website, WRC, contests, innovation, Wiki. |
04 |
Satellite |
Report satellite coordinator IARU-R1 |
General information. |
05 |
Contest |
Rules modification on 50 MHz contests |
Change to 4 digit locator instead of 6 digit locator because outside R1 it is not common to use 6 digits. |
06 |
Frequency |
Amateur service spectrum requirements in ITU and R1 TROs |
Trigger a consideration to develop possible agenda items for ITU WRCs post 2019. |
07 |
Frequency |
Band plan 2m and crossband |
Remove limitation of possibility to have cross band repeaters (by removing footnote) |
08 |
Frequency |
Band plan 2m: footnotes |
Omit footnotes from handbook for better understanding of the 2 m bandplan.
III: no packet radio network
C 4th paragraph: implement 12.5 KHz spacing system.
d. Established simplex frequencies on repeater output channels may be retained.
H: unmanned packet stations in 144.800 – 144.9625 in 12.5 KHz spacing. |
09 |
Frequency |
Band plan 70cm repeaters |
Changes to USAGE section, 12.5 KHz spacing, 25 KHz spacing with several spacings (7.6 MHz, 1.6 MHz, 2 MHz |
10 |
Frequency
Quality Modes
ATV |
5650-5850 MHz band plan update for HAMNET backbone and ATV coexistence. |
Change in 6 cm bandplan to accept HAMNET used in combination with ATV. |
11 |
Frequency |
Common set of technical arguments for “safe coexistence” |
Coexistence between professional users (OFDM) and amateurs hard to prove and document. Proposal is to bundle expertise on this. |
12 |
Contest |
Adding QSO frequency to EDI file |
Adding the exact used frequency to the EDI file could be a great help for cross-checks of the logs. Not immediately as an obligation but as a first step to it. (The frequency is often available via CAT interfaces). |
13 |
Contest |
New SO LP section in IARU R1 VHF contest |
Low Power section limited to 100W and also linit the number of antenna systems to use. |
14 |
Contest |
Update of MO section definition in IARU R1 contests |
Change definition for Multi Ops ‘all other entrents’ to ‘stations operated by multiple operators’. |
15_1 |
Contest |
New MO SA section in IARU R1 VHF contest |
Differentiate between Single Antenna and Multiple Antenna stations |
16_1 |
X
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(Dupe document) |
X |
17 |
Contest |
Align the rule for the 6H section with newly proposed SO LP section in IARU R1 VHF contest |
Change definitions for section ‘6 hours single’ and ‘6 hours multi’.
6 hours single: 1 operator, <100W, one antenna for transmit and receive.
6 hours multi: same but with more the one operators. |
18 |
Contest |
Amendment to the chapter 5.3.10 (Ëntries”) |
Late logs are not rejected but become checklogs, permission is given for use the data for other purposes then the contest (except personal data). By sending the log some aspects are agreed on. |
19 |
Contest |
Amendment to chapter 5.8.1 |
Contest logs of local contests to become public for cross checking purposes |
20 |
Contest |
Clarification of 6H contest rule |
Clarification on longer operating time, that the log needs to be uploaded completely. Yhe contest robot extracts the 6 hours, the rest is used for cross checks. |
21 |
Contest |
Contest secrions abbreviations (chapter 5.3.2) |
Clarification of section identification in EDI file for robot purposes. |
22 |
Contest |
New section in chapter 5: “Rules for automatic contest adjudication” |
Form a working group to prepare comparison of contest robots algorithms. |
23 |
Contest |
Widening the 144 MHz SSB/CW segment for 24 hours only during IARU R1 VHF contest |
Based on historical data showing less interest in CW during the VHF-contest: enlarge the portion of SSB sub-band during the IARU VHF contest (only during those 24 hours!) Less CW, more SSB or both. |
24 |
Documentation |
Intention VHF managers handbook/readability/document control |
Lots of historical information in the VHF managers handbook that disturbs during daily use, preventing unlimited growing.
Make clear what the intention is of the book, actualise it in wordings. |
25 |
Documentation |
Risk of losing data/information |
Email addresses and data to be centralised under supervision of IARU. |
26 |
Contest |
IARU contest rules not in all cases realistic and could be improved to gain future activity |
Make the contest rules as simple as possible to gain future activity. |
27 |
Frequency
Quality Modes
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New modulation rechniques asks for adaprion of text and bandplans to prevent limitations of development |
Evaluate the VHF-managers handbook that it will be less stringent so future (already) developments could easily be implemented. Do no mention ‘FM’ or other modulation techniques but just the bandwidth and ‘simplex’ an ‘duplex’. |
28 |
Contest |
Unique template for contest results |
Using a templeate for final classifications in defined fields. |
29 |
Contest |
Export contest results from the contest robot |
Make the results available in format .xls, .csv, pdf for easy publishing in magazines and other media. |
30 |
Contest |
Modification of 5.3.6 paragraph |
In case of selfspotting: disqualify the station and not just the QSO only. |
31 |
Documentation |
Mailing list for VHF managers |
Dedicated email lists for contesters and VHF management. |
32 |
Frequency |
Modification of 50 MHz bandplan |
Include MGM en SSB/telegraphy part, move EME and MS centres of activity. |
33 |
Contest |
Modification to paragraph 5.3.12 |
Prizes for section winners, ATV added, costs of the prizes for the organizing country, prizing ceremony in Friedrichshafen. |
34 |
Frequency |
Discussion about the status of 50 MHz beacon |
Discussion about the status of the move of 50 MHz beacons to the window defined in 2010. |
35 |
Contest |
Discussion about the management of the IARU contest |
At this moment it is still not defined who will be in charge with the organising of the IARU contests (50/70 – VHF – UHF – MW – ATV) for the next years. |
36 |
Documentation |
Update paragraph 5.11 |
Update the overview with winners of the contests, add 50/70 and ATV. |
37 |
Frequency |
Harmonisation of WSPR frequencies |
WSPR frequencies not in harmonisation with current situation. |
38 |
Frequency |
144 MHz narrowband modernisation |
Bandplan restructuring in the 2 m band for CW/MGM/SSB related to MS and EME |
39 |
Contest |
VHF contest guidance on secondary methods |
Add examples of what is acceptable as selfspotting (advertising its own frequency) to the VHF managers handbook. |
40_1 |
Frequency
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VHF managers handbook updates |
Update of the handbook for items that are outdated or largely editorial in nature. |
41_1 |
Frequency
Quality Modes |
144/435 MHz APRS harmonisation |
Harmonize APRS frequencies in regions. 144.390 is not acceptable, this could not be combined with weak signal modes. Define 70 cm frequency. Emphasise that equipment is failsafe to prevent uncoordinated transmissions. |