Download - Emergancy
Emergency and Regulations
EmergencyRegulations
Overview
Call SignsFrequencies
Emergency
MaydayFrench - venez m'aider (Help me)Grave and imminent dangerFrederick Stanley Mockford in 1923
ProtocolMayday Mayday Mayday this is…Mayday My position is …I am <problem> with x persons onboard. I
require immediate assistance
Emergency
On amateur radioCQ EmergencyAny frequencyWho, where, what
Emergency
FrequenciesAir – 121.5 MHZSea - channel 16
156.8 MHz (alternative 2182 kHz)Constantly monitored
Emergency
ITUInternational Telecommunications Union
Part of the UNRegulates telecoms
Television regulationsRadio regulations
Regulations
ITU radio regulations4 volumes
1st volume is of the articles59 Articles
Articles 4 and 5 deals with frequenciesArticles 15 and 16 deal with interferenceArticle 22 deals with space
Article 25Armature radio
Regulations
Article 25Section I
Allows for communications between countriesSeparation of Morse code requirementMax powerTransmission of call signsPermission to broadcast in another country
Section IIsatellite
Regulations
CEPTEuropean Conference of Postal and
Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT)Set up in 1959European Radiocommunications Committee45 countries
Regulations
T/R 61-01Radio Amateur Licence
T/R 61-02Harmonised Amateur Radio Examination
CertificateRecommendations
Following on from ITU radio regulations
Regulations
T/R 61-01Tourist license
Up to three monthsCEPT license
Temporary license (can be part of a national license)
Call sign<country>/<own call sign>
Must show CEPT license when required
Regulations
T/R 61-02Issuing of license in another countryIssued in own countryLonger than three months
Regulations