INTER-AMERICAN RADIO AGREEMENT OF HAVANA-1937 (SANTIAGO, CHILE REVISION, 1940) The Delegates of the American countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, United States of America, Guatemala, Haiti, México, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela, duly empowered, representing the respective Administrations, meeting in the city of Santiago, Chile, and constituting the Second Inter-American Radio-Conference, formulate, for the approval of their respective Governments, the present Agreement, which changes and replaces the Havana Arrangement of 1937. ['] ARTICLE 1. Allocation of frequencies for the different services in the American continent: 1. In the American continent the allocation of frequencies for services established in Article 7 of the General Radio Regulations (Revision Cairo, 1938), [2] shall be applied with the following modifications or specific adaptations: (1).- Bands of frequencies from 10 to 550 kc. a) In the band of frequencies 200 to 400 kc the aeronautical service shall enjoy priority for aids to aerial navigation, including the transmission of weather reports and other information concerning the safety of aircraft in flight, subject only to the priority of the Maritime services existing on July 1, 1938. b) With reference to the provisions of Articles 7 and 21 of the General Radio Regulations (Cairo, 1938), the use of the frequency 333 kc shall not be applied in the Northern zone with the exception of special cases in connection with transatlantic flights. (2).- Frequency bands 550 to 1600 kc. The band of frequencies from 550 to 1600 kc is assigned exclusively to broadcasting services in the American continent. (3).- Frequency band 1600 to 5000 kc. The assignment of frequencies in this band to the various services will be adjusted to the provisions 1 [Executive Agreement Series 200; 54 Stat. 2514.] 3 [Treaty Series 948; 54 Stat. 1417.] |