[wsfii-discuss] Why 5.725-5.850 GHz band is not allowed in European countries?

Sun Jul 30 21:46:00 UTC 2006

On Sat, Jul 29, 2006 at 10:08:55PM -0600, Dave Hughes wrote:
> I am not completely familiar with European decisions, but I dimly remember,
> when Wales was trying to lobby the UK spectrum authority that there were
> objections from their Defense Department - military use of some of the
> higher frequencies. Military everywhere is nervous about any new use that
> could interfere with their radios and radars.

Civilian meteorologists are nervous, too.  This study
of 5 GHz WLAN interference on meteorological radar,
<http://ams.confex.com/ams/pdfpapers/97361.pdf>, is illuminating.

Dave

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