[600MRG] 630m allocation in SA?

[Scott Armstrong]

ARRL has a news article dated 11/08/17 that indicated Argentina would have
630m privileges in 90 days.

http://www.arrl.org/news/radio-amateurs-in-spain-argentina-gain-new-and-extended-bands

73,
Scott AA5AM

On Sat, Dec 9, 2017 at 6:08 PM, Laurence KL7 L <
hellozerohellozero at hotmail.com> wrote:

> I received on 505kHz (old 475kHz and 137kHz in Turrialba  Central Costa
> Rica a few years back, and on the Whole it was good into Southern states
> and up into Canada most nights on dfcw/wspr. PNW was far more difficult -
> 6ft diam tooned loop
>
> laurence kL7l/kh6
>
> > On Dec 8, 2017, at 4:32 PM, John Langridge <kb5njd at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > The situation in SA is mysterious but in the last year a couple of
> > countries permit 472 but which ones escape me at the moment.
> >
> > The biggest issue for those guys is noise due to power system
> > problems.  Its really rough down there on the low bands from 160m and
> > down...
> >
> > There is another interesting development where a lot of these SA
> > countries have not formally added 472 to the allocation table but a
> > bit of probing suggests that interested operators can ask their
> > telecom authority to allow them to operate as amateurs there and they
> > get approval.  This was highlighted a couple of years ago in central
> > america where a group was in Costa Rica and received approval to
> > operate in spite of no formal allocation under their amateur rules
> > there.
> >
> > Its a weird situation but like I said, a couple have come on board in
> > the last year or so and others may follow suit.  A few operators have
> > braved the noise to listen but success has been limited.  Most
> > recently, YV7MAE reported a number of NA WSPR stations but he is not
> > prepared to transmit.
> >
> > 73!
> >
> > John
> >
> >
> >> On 12/8/17, John Harper <johnae5x at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Anyone know if 630m is a valid ham band in South America? It appears not
> >> based on lack of activity but it seems like at least a few countries
> would
> >> have access...
> >>
> >> John AE5X
> >> https://ae5x.blogspot.com
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