- The 902 - 928 MHz Band -
| There are some considerations to
operating in the 902-928 band in Canada. Certain services
other than the Amateur Service have priority. FIXED is Primary - this could cover a wide range of point to point and point to multi-point assignments. RADIOLOCATION is Primary - Limited to Government of Canada ship borne radars which are not permitted to operate in inland waters. AMATEUR is Secondary, and MOBILE (except aeronautical mobile) also has a secondary allocation. Also, this band is an ISM (Industrial, Scientific and Medical) band in Canada, and other services must accept interference from ISM operations in this band. There are license-exempt devices operating in this band which may not interfere with other services. When
setting up a project and selecting an operating frequency, it would be a
good idea to search the Industry Canada table of frequency assignments
before operating. You can do a search by frequency segment and by
geographic area |
The suggested Bandplan for using the Linx modules.
|
CS2 |
CS1 |
CS0 |
Channel |
Frequency |
Application |
|
0 |
0 | 0 |
0 |
903.37 |
Beacon |
|
0 |
0 | 1 |
1 |
906.37 |
Simplex |
| 0 | 1 | 0 |
2 |
907.87 |
Repeater A In |
| 0 | 1 | 1 |
3 |
909.37 |
Repeater B In |
| 1 | 0 | 0 |
4 |
912.37 |
Simplex |
| 1 | 0 | 1 |
5 |
915.37 |
Simplex |
| 1 | 1 | 0 |
6 |
919.87 |
Repeater A Out |
| 1 | 1 | 1 |
7 |
921.37 |
Repeater B Out |
CS0, 1 and 2 refer to the state of the pins
used to set the
available frequencies of the modules on power up.
These pins can be controlled with switches or by a microcontroller.
You might want to compare the suggested
bandplan above
with the following RAC bandplan. This plan will be reviewed
in the near future, and hopefully will be simplified somewhat.
In Ottawa, VE3TVA, an FM ATV repeater, has its output on 914 +/-5 MHz.
|
Current Radio Amateurs of Canada Bandplan |
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Amateur status in this band: SECONDARY |
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FREQUENCY (MHz) |
UTILIZATION |
| 902.0 - 902.5 | PACKET (<=2400 B, 25 kHz CH) |
| 902.5 - 902.8 | TTY, PACKET (<= 2400 B, <=2.5 kHz BW) |
| 902.8 - 902.9 | PACKET (<= 2.5 kHz BW), TTY, CW, EME |
| 902.9 - 903.1 | CW; EME |
| 903.100 |
NATIONAL CW/SSB DX CALLING FREQUENCY |
| 903.1 - 903.2 | CW, SSB, EME |
| 903.200 | NATIONAL SSB CALLING FREQUENCY LOCAL |
| 903.2 - 903.3 |
SSB, SSTV, FAX, PACKET (BW <=2.5 kHz) AM , AMTOR |
| 903.3 - 903.32 |
PROPAGATION BEACON NETWORK |
| 903.32 - 903.4 | GENERAL PROPAGATION BEACONS |
| 903.4 - 903.5 | SSB, SSTV, ACSSB, FAX, PACKET (BW <=2.5 kHz), AM, AMTOR, EXPERIMENTAL (BW <= 2.5 kHz) |
| 903.5 - 903.7 |
CROSSBAND LINEAR TRANSLATOR INPUTS |
| 903.7 - 903.9 |
CROSSBAND LINEAR TRANSLATOR OUTPUTS |
| 903.9 - 904.0 |
EXPERIMENTAL BEACONS |
| 904.0 - 904.3 |
CONTROL AND AUXILIARY LINKS |
| 904.3 - 904.5 |
FM SIMPLEX (25 kHz CHANNELING) |
| 904.500 | NATIONAL FM CALLING FREQUENCY |
| 904.5 - 905.0 | FM SIMPLEX (25 kHz CHANNELING) |
| 905.0 - 907.0 | HIGH RATE DATA (>=4800 B, DUPLEX) |
| 907.0 - 910.0 | FM REPEATER INPUTS (25 kHz CHANNELING) |
| 910.0 - 916.0 | FAST SCAN TV (SIMPLEX OR REPEATER OUTPUT, PAIRED WITH 922.0 928.0 AND 439.0 444.0 MHz) |
| 916.0 - 916.5 | PACKET (<= 2400 B, 25 kHz CHANNELING) |
| 916.5 - 919.0 | HIGH RATE DATA (>=4800 B , DUPLEX) |
| 919.0 - 922.0 |
FM REPEATER OUTPUTS ( 25 kHz CHANNELING) |
| 922.0 - 928.0 |
FAST SCAN TV SIMPLEX OR REPEATER INPUT, SPREAD SPECTRUM, EXPERIMENTAL MODES |
Graham VE3BYT
1KJ