New Zealand Gazette – 2010 – No. 83

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✨ Amateur Radio Licence Regulations



15 JULY 2010

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 83

(4) Communications must not be encoded for the purpose of obscuring their meaning, except for control signals by the operators of remotely controlled amateur stations.

(5) Except as provided to the contrary in this notice, transmitter power output must not exceed 500 watts peak envelope power (pX), as defined in ITU Radio Regulation 1.157.

(6) Amateur stations must, as far as is compatible with practical considerations, comply with the latest ITU-R recommendations to the extent applicable to the amateur service.

(7) In accordance with Article 25 of the International Radio Regulations, amateur operators are encouraged to prepare for, and meet, communication needs in support of disaster relief.

(8) Amateur beacons, repeaters and fixed links may not be established pursuant to this licence.

(9) Unwanted emissions outside the frequency bands specified in this schedule must comply with the requirements of technical standard ETSI ETS 300 684 published by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI).

(10) This general user radio licence applies only to transmissions within the frequency ranges set out in the Schedule to this licence. All such transmissions must be made in accordance with the notes for the frequency range in which that transmission take place and in accordance with the other conditions set out in this licence.

6. Consequential revocation of licences

The Radiocommunication Regulations (General User Radio Licence for Amateur Radio Operators) Notice 2010 dated the 9th day of February 2010 and published in the New Zealand Gazette, 18 February 2010, No. 18, page 430, is revoked.

Schedule

Frequency Range Notes
130 to 190 kHz 2, 4, 6
505 to 515 kHz 2, 4, 7, 8
1.80 to 1.95 MHz 2
3.50 to 3.90 MHz 2
7.00 to 7.10 MHz 1
7.10 to 7.20 MHz 1
7.20 to 7.30 MHz 2
10.10 to 10.15 MHz 2
14.00 to 14.35 MHz 1
18.068 to 18.168 MHz 1
21.00 to 21.45 MHz 1
24.89 to 24.99 MHz 1
26.95 to 27.30 MHz 2, 3, 5, 6
28.00 to 29.70 MHz 1
51.00 to 53.00 MHz 2
144.00 to 146.00 MHz 1
146.00 to 148.00 MHz 2
430.00 to 440.00 MHz 1, 2, 3
921.00 to 928.00 MHz 3, 7
1.24 to 1.30 GHz 1, 2
2.396 to 2.45 GHz 1, 3
3.30 to 3.41 GHz 1, 2
5.65 to 5.85 GHz 1, 3
10.00 to 10.50 GHz 1, 2
24.00 to 24.05 GHz 1, 3
24.05 to 24.25 GHz 3
47.00 to 47.20 GHz 1
75.50 to 76.00 GHz 1, 2
76.00 to 81.00 GHz 1, 2
122.25 to 123.00 GHz 2, 3
134.00 to 136.00 GHz 1
136.00 to 141.00 GHz 1, 2
241.00 to 248.00 GHz 1, 2, 3
248.00 to 250.00 GHz 1
275.00 to 1000 GHz 2, 4

Notes to Schedule

  1. The following ranges of frequencies may also be used for amateur satellite communications:

    7.00 to 7.10 MHz
    3.40 to 3.41 GHz
    14.00 to 14.25 MHz
    5.65 to 5.67 GHz (a)
    18.068 to 18.168 MHz
    5.83 to 5.85 GHz (b)
    21.00 to 21.45 MHz
    10.45 to 10.50 GHz
    24.89 to 24.99 MHz
    24.00 to 24.05 GHz
    28.00 to 29.70 MHz
    47.00 to 47.20 GHz
    144.00 to 146.00 MHz
    75.50 to 81.00 GHz
    435.00 to 438.00 MHz
    134.00 to 141.00 GHz
    1.26 to 1.27 GHz (a)
    241.00 to 250.00 GHz
    2.40 to 2.45 GHz

    (a) Limited to the earth-to-space direction.
    (b) Limited to the space-to-earth direction.

  2. These frequencies are, or may be, allocated for use by other services. Amateur operators must accept interference from, and must not cause interference to, such other services.

  3. The frequencies:

    27.12 MHz (26.957 – 27.283 MHz),
    433.92 MHz (433.05 – 434.79 MHz),
    921.5 MHz (915 – 928 MHz),
    2.45 GHz (2.4 – 2.5 GHz),
    5.8 GHz (5.725 – 5.875 GHz),
    24.125 GHz (24.00 – 24.25 GHz),
    122.5 GHz (122 – 123 GHz); and
    245 GHz (244 – 246 GHz)

    are designated for industrial, scientific and medical (ISM) purposes. These frequencies may also be allocated to Short Range Device (SRD) services. Amateur operators must accept interference from ISM and SRD services within these frequency ranges.

  4. Allocated to the amateur service on a temporary basis until further notice.

  5. Telecommand and telemetry operation only.

  6. Radiated power must not exceed 5 watts e.i.r.p.

  7. Radiated power must not exceed 25 watts e.i.r.p.

  8. The bandwidth of emissions must not exceed 200 Hz.

Dated at Wellington this 12th day of July 2010.

SANJAI RAJ, Group Manager, Radio Spectrum Management, Ministry of Economic Development.

Explanatory Note

This note is not part of the notice, but is intended to indicate its general effect.

This notice:

  1. Prescribes that, pursuant to Regulations made under the Radiocommunications Act 1989, a general user radio licence is granted for the transmission of radio waves by


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  • Sanjai Raj, Group Manager, Radio Spectrum Management, Ministry of Economic Development