[OZAPRS] Re: Foundation calls gentle reminder

[Kim Hawtin]

Hi Hamish,

Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 09:29:34AM +0100, Mike Zwingl oe3mzc wrote:
>> just a quick input from an outsider (European):
>> we have recently abolished ALL LIMITATIONS ON MODES in amateur radio  
>> legislation here.
>>
>> So entry-level liceces are just limited in frequency bands and power
>> and they are not supposed to build a transmitter on their own,
>> but beside this, every area for experiments is open to them.

It sounds like Europe is the place to be getting in HAM radio...

Perhaps the ACAM is catering more to the appliance operators?

What ever happened to the "clever country" tag we worked so hard for?

> In Australia it is all by bandwidth for advanced and standard licenses,
> only the foundation license has mode restrictions.
> 
> Specifically it allows only:
> 80m, 40m, 15m: 200HA1A (CW), 8KA3E (AM voice), 4KJ3E (SSB voice);
> 10m, 2m, 70cm: the same, plus 16KF3E and 16KG3E (FM voice).
> 
> Other licenses are allowed any mode up to 8kHz up to and including 12m,
> 16kHz on 10m, 100kHz on 6m and 2m, and anything at all above that.
> 
> This is a lot more relaxed than the previous regulations which had
> sub-bands on 2m, mode restrictions etc.

regards,

Kim VK5FNET
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