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Promoting and Defending the 2m Amateur Band

This site is maintained by a bunch of amateur radio operators who believe that unveiling accurate information on the 2m crisis is something important. We also try to maintain a timeline of the crisis.

Our goal is to provide in depth information on what is going on in this crisis. We are truly confident that IARU and their members are doing their best to protect our 2m band, yet we understand they have to follow some kind of political correctness.

Promoting 2 meter and its usage is also part of our mission.

Defending the band, latest news

144-146 Mhz removed from officially released proposal

On September 1st an ECP “European Common Proposals” paper has been pushed onto the CEPT website. This document is the outcome of the work that was done during the CEPT Ankara meeting and will be discussed in the World Radio Conference 2019 in Egypt.

France defeated! Thales and their drones will stay off the 2m band!

The Ankara CEPT meeting is over and the outcome is very positive, at least for the 2 meter amateur band. Many unofficial sources, are saying 2 meter has been saved!

Germany slams french proposal

Just when the french administration might think they can get away with their poor response to the IARU, they just have been, once again, reminded that physic laws are the same for all of us. Lately (August 26th), Germany submitted a document that largely resembles the IARU one. The document …

French administration strikes back at IARU

In the wake of the IARU Document putting the 2m proposal down France issued a new document. It claims that 144-146MHz shall remain amateur primary yet that sharing shall be envisioned.

French organizations issue a joint letter

French organizations, REF, AMSAT-F, DR@F, and URC sent a joint letter to the ANFR International Affairs Commission. Since the start of the 2m crisis only URC had officialy addressed concerns to the ANFR and CEPT.

IARU dismantles the french proposal

The IARU just uploaded a document on to the CEPT servers. This documents completly deconstructs the French/Thales proposal.

EURAO: Claiming for 2m party!

Now that 2m is saved, at least until the next attack, EURAO...