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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by vk3pa[/i] [br]THAILAND GAINS NEW BANDS ---> [blue][i][b]Effective 12 October[/b][/i][/blue], Intermediate and Advanced class amateur radio operators in Thailand have gained access to [blue][i][b]12, 17, 30,[/b][/i][/blue[red][i][b]]80 and 160 meters on a permanent basis [/b][/i][/red]They are now allowed to operate on the following frequencies: 12m 24.890-24.990 MHz 17m 18.068-18.168 MHz 30m 10.100-10.150 MHz [black][u][i][b]80m 3.500-3.540 MHz[/b][/i][/u][/black] 160m 1.800-1.825 MHz The authorisation, granted in a new Act governing amateur radio in Thailand by the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC), follows years of lobbying by the Radio Amateur Society of Thailand (RAST). [blue][i][b]No changes were made to the VHF bands, where 6 metres (50-54 MHz)[/b][/i][/blue] and 1,240 MHz are still off-limits and 430 MHz (70 cm) is authorised for monitoring only, such as to listen to satellite downlinks. Two metres (144 MHz) is channelised and minor amendments were made to repeater allocations. An unofficial translation of the NTC's Amateur Radio Act will be available soon at www.qsl.net/rast [TNX G4UZN [/quote]   Check here to include your profile signature. Check here to subscribe to this topic.