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WEEKLY NEWS AND INFORMATION HALF HOUR...QNEWS
IARU Future of the Amateur Service Committee.
Thanks to Kees Murre, PA2CHM, in his article in the June 1996 edition of
ELECTRON, we now have a better idea of what this committee is charged with.
First, the prime purpose is to study the international regulations
covering the Amateur Service and the Amateur Satellite Service with a
view to formulate any possible changes, required to come to a correct
representation of the aims, requirements, obligations and privileges for
the Amateur Service in the next century, so that the Amateur Service
remains viable, meaningful and of value, not only to the general public
but also to the licensees, whereby the following must be considered:
the definition of the Amateur Service, - the character and content of
transmissions by amateur stations, - the provisions required for
emergency, that is disaster, transmissions, - to ease the requirements
to achieve international recognition of the Amateur Service, - the
technical and operational qualifications for transmitting amateurs and
any other question considered to be of relevance by the working group.
Further, the working group will also:
start discussions by means of supplying discussion topics, supply of
background information and possible solutions, - invite persons, groups
(branches or clubs), member organisations, such as the WIA and regional
organisations (lARU Regions) to comment on these topics.
Although '99 appears to be far away, it is essential that preparations
commence now to encourage opinions before it is too late. At the Region
I Conference in Oct 1996, it is hoped most of the Societies have some ideas
on how to react to the various points raised, and, no doubt, the Region 3
Conference next year will be busy to discuss WRC-99, they will have to do it,
because there will then be less than 2 yrs to go.
Article Sl.56 of the Radio Regulations states that the Amateur Service
is a radio communication service for the purpose of self-training, inter
communication and technical investigations carried out by amateurs, that
is, by duly authorised persons interested in radio techniques solely with
a personal aim and without pecuniary interest. But, of greater impor-
tance to us, is article 25, section 1 of the ITU Radio Regulations, What
the amateur can and can not do.
What then does article 25 say about the Amateur Service,
quite a bit, no less than 11 subsections.
l: comunication between amateurs of different countries is prohibited if 1
of those countries has objections against such a contact.
2: messages may only be transmitted in clear language & the nature of such
messages may only be of a personal and/or technical nature of such minimal
importance that the use of a public service (telephone) is not required.
3 & 4: communications on behalf of a 3rd party is absolutely forbidden
unless the administrations themselves allow this.
5: It is mandatory to pass a Morse test successfully when using frequencies
below 30 Mhz. The Morse test must be sent by hand & received by ear.
6: Administrations are responsible to take any actions they deem fit to
ascertain whether a person has the necessary technical & operational
qualifications to operate an amateur station.
7: Maximum power of transmissions is determined by the administrations,
depending on the qualifications & conditions under which the stations
may operate.
8: the transmission frequency must be stable & free of harmonics.
9: amateurs must identify themselves during a transmission regularly at
certain intervals.
lO: where applicable, the above regulations are also in force for the
Amateur Satellite Service and.
ll: Amateur stations in space must have sufficient control stations on earth
and must be supplied with equipment to combat harmful interferences.
Some questions which come to mind and should he answered:
1: Is the definition of the Amateur Service still valid?
2: Should the Radio Regulations leave it to the respective Administrations
to decide whether or not their amateurs may make contacts with a certain
country or should the regulations incorporate such a prohibition order if a
country complains. Or does it matter at all?
3: Should article S.25 make provision to encourage amateurs to train for
emergency or disaster communications. How is this then related to S25.3
(third party communications)? Is such training and development not part of
the general amateur service?
4: Should the prohibition on all third party traffic be retained? It is
suggested that, with the present state of technical progress, exceptions
should be noted, specially when this covers non-commercial messages or
messages which presently are allowed under S25.2.
5: Should the Morse code test be retained for certain classes of licenses if
a treaty is signed between countries (CEPT?)
6: Should Art S25 not cover the possibility to use one's home callsign
on a worldwide basis, such as is now the case with CEFT and CITEL
regulations?
7: Should Art S25 not cover the possibility of international recognition of
amateur licenses (as covered under CEPT-HAREC) and, if so, should not such a
cover be strengthened to decide on a norm to which the quality of the amateur
in technical and operational must be compared with. And for the spaciologists
6: The Amateur Satellite Service is confined to space stations which are
launched by an earth satellite. Is this not too restricted for the future
developments or does it not matter. I know it is difficult at times, but now
is the time to get that grey matter working and be ready when the answers are
required.
Till next time, John Aarsse VK4QA for the WIAQ and QNEWS.
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