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