A highly important conference, is the Radio Conference, in Cairo to which representatives from all nations are going, including men from both sides in the Spanish civil war by the way.
Several countries have prepared proposals which aim at giving aviation more "elbow room" on the air.
The British proposals affecting aeronautical services are more clear cut and go further than those of any other country.
We know what civil aviation needs for the better operation of air services in Europe. Considerable support has been obtained for the British proposals and they stand a good chance of acceptance.
The greatest difficulty to the development of the aircraft services is constituted by the "derogations ie, wave-lengths—illegally or semi-legally occupied by foreign broadcasting services inside the aircraft band.
The following concessions are also asked for in the British proposals: Wave-lengths 196-192 metres to be left free for aeronautical and marine directional beacons (broadcasting is claiming allocations on some of these kilocycles).
1657-1639 to reserved for be touring aeroplanes. (This involves moving Polish coast stations to an adjacent vacant band.)
The whole project involves a good deal of give and take and especially that all countries shall rigidly play the game.
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