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STATES IN THE ITU.  IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR SO MANY PARTIES TO REACH
CONSENSUS ON A LONG LIST OF AGENDA ITEMS IN A 4 WEEK CONFERENCE, SO A LOT
OF PREPARATORY WORK IS DONE WITHIN SIX REGIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS
ORGANIZATIONS RTOS THAT ENCOMPASS MOST OF THESE COUNTRIES.  THE IDEA IS
THAT IF GROUPS OF NEIGHBORS CAN AGREE IN ADVANCE ON COMMON APPROACHES,
RESOLVING DIFFERENCES WILL BE EASIER AT THE WRC ITSELF.  IN THE CASE OF A 5
MHZ AMATEUR ALLOCATION, THE WRC BEGAN WITH RTOS AND MAJOR ADMINISTRATIONS
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TAKING A WIDE RANGE OF DISPARATE POSITIONS.  AT ONE END OF THE RANGE WAS
CITEL, THE RTO FOR THE AMERICAS, WITH AN INTER AMERICAN PROPOSAL IAP
SUPPORTED BY ABOUT A DOZEN COUNTRIES FOR A SECONDARY ALLOCATION OF 175 KHZ.
UNFORTUNATELY, THIS WAS MORE SPECTRUM THAN EITHER THE UNITED STATES OR
CANADA COULD ACCEPT THEY DID NOT JOIN THE IAP.  CANADA OFFERED A PROPOSAL
FOR TWO SEGMENTS TOTALING 50 KHZ BUT WAS ALL ALONE IN DOING SO THE US CAME
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