Secondary Allocation at 472-479 kHz Approved at WRC-12

[W0FK]

Per ARRL, "delegates attending the 2012 World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-12) have approved a new 7-kilohertz-wide secondary allocation between 472-479 kHz for the Amateur Radio Service."

http://www.arrl.org/news/view/amateur-radio-gets-secondary-mf-allocation-at-wrc-12

Implementation won't occur until allocations are made in each country, so it's unlikely this won't be seen anywhere until 2013.

Antenna issues aside, which may be formidable at those frequencies, what can be done to enable the K3 to cover this new band?

Lou, W0FK

[wayne burdick]

The K3's synthesizer was never intended to go below 550 kHz,  
originally. We changed the firmware to get it to 490, but to get to  
472 may require a hardware modification to the synthesizer that  
adversely affect coverage of other bands. So I can't guarantee  
anything. But once the new band is authorized, I'll change the  
firmware so that the VFO can be moved down that far, and we'll see  
whether the synth functions satisfactorily.

73,
Wayne
N6KR

On Feb 14, 2012, at 12:57 PM, W0FK wrote:

> Per ARRL, "delegates attending the 2012 World Radiocommunication  
> Conference
> (WRC-12) have approved a new 7-kilohertz-wide secondary allocation  
> between
> 472-479 kHz for the Amateur Radio Service."
>
> http://www.arrl.org/news/view/amateur-radio-gets-secondary-mf-allocation-at-wrc-12
>
> Implementation won't occur until allocations are made in each  
> country, so
> it's unlikely this won't be seen anywhere until 2013.
>
> Antenna issues aside, which may be formidable at those frequencies,  
> what can
> be done to enable the K3 to cover this new band?
>
> Lou, W0FK
>
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