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Summary presentation by Dipl. Ing. Ing. Matthias Fehr (Engineering Office – Ideas and Concepts in High Frequency – IKHF). Photo: Dr. Matthias Maurer, Astronaut, at ILA 2022 (Copyright: ILA Berlin) The presentation can be found here.

The African Union of Broadcasters (AUB) has declared support for a “No Change” position by African states on the use of the UHF band at WRC-23. The Union had originally reached the decision in April and has now published an official statement on its website. The move follows intensive consultations between the EBU and AUB on…

Klaus Müller, the new president of the German “Bundesnetzagentur”, had invited the organization “SOS – Save Our Spectrum” to a discussion about the protection of cultural frequencies. Participants were also other representatives of the German “Alliance for Broadcasting and Cultural Frequencies”. Despite the difficult global political situation, Müller took time to listen to the concerns…

Every frequency used in Germany needs a frequency assignment pursuant to the German Telecommunications Act (Telekommunikationsgesetz – TKG). Where no general frequency assignment has been issued, the Bundesnetzagentur will make individual assignments. If frequencies are to be used for a short term only, eg for motor races, sports events, concerts and trade fairs, assignments are…