Archive for June, 2008
THE FUTURE USE AND REGULATION OF THE 2.4GHz BAND
On the 14th of June a team of BMFA members travelled to Brussels to attend the European Commission (EC) for a meeting on the Europe wide use of the 2.4GHz band.
The meeting was called by the EC due to an application made by a private communications company to limit the use of the 2.4GHz band to the communications industry and so preclude it’s use for other applications, such as model control. The method by which the European Commission works would mean that if such an application were to receive no counter argument then there would be a very real chance that the commission would uphold the application and it could become legally binding. Obviously this position had to be vigorously opposed to ensure that any resulting legislation took into account the use of the band by model flyers throughout Europe. Read the rest of this entry »