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TO THE CONFERENCE ADVOCATING NOC.  ANOTHER GENEROUS REGIONAL PROPOSAL CAME
FROM CEPT, THE RTO FOR EUROPE, FOR A 100 KHZ ALLOCATION THAT ULTIMATELY WAS
SUPPORTED BY 29 ADMINISTRATIONS.  HOWEVER, SEVERAL MAJOR COUNTRIES GERMANY,
FRANCE, AND THE UNITED KINGDOM AMONG THEM DID NOT SIGN ON.  AN IMPRESSIVE
NUMBER OF AFRICAN ADMINISTRATIONS SUPPORTED AN AMATEUR ALLOCATION WITHOUT
INITIALLY OFFERING SPECIFICS.  THE ARAB SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT GROUP OFFERED A
COMMON PROPOSAL SUPPORTED BY 10 COUNTRIES FOR AN ALLOCATION OF UP TO 15 KHZ
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