Technical and Operational Conditions for Amateur Radio Service - text out of date

201/2000 Coll.

DECREE

of the Ministry of Transport and Communications

of 30^th June 2000

on the Technical and Operational Conditions
for Amateur Radio Service

Pursuant to Section 109 (2) of Act no. 151/2000 Coll. on Telecommunications and the Amendment of Certain Other Laws (hereinafter 'the Act'), the Ministry of Transport and Communications has determined the following in implementation of Section 56 (9) of the Act:

PART ONE

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section 1

1. The following definitions are made for the purposes of this decree:
   1. amateur radiocommunication service - a radiocommunication service for purposes of self-training, reciprocal communications and technical studies performed by amateurs, i.e. authorized persons interested in radio technology exclusively for personal pleasure and on a not-for-profit basis,
   2. the transmitting radio station of an amateur radiocommunication service (hereinafter 'station') - radio equipment which makes up one or more sets of transmission and reception equipment together with antenna systems; such radio equipment is operated on frequency bands reserved for an amateur radiocommunication service and are held by the same licence holder, who may be a natural person or a legal entity,
   3. operation of a station - reception and transmission of radio waves,
   4. call sign - each station's calling identifier which allows it to be identified during transmission,¹⁾
   5. chief operator - an operator who is registered in a station operation licence issued to a legal entity,
   6. an amateur repeater - a set of radio transmission equipment operated in frequency bands reserved for amateur radiocommunication service, which receives a high-frequency signal on a designated frequency and converts it to another frequency on which the received signal is retransmitted,
   7. packet node - the point providing entry to a network for the transmission of information and data between stations,
   8. ARDF transmitter - a set of radio transmission equipment with limited output operated on reserved frequencies and designated for the transmission of beacon signals for amateur radio orienteering competitions and training.
2. A licence holder must not use a station directly or indirectly for profit-making activities and he must not provide information to third parties who are not directly associated with the amateur radiocommunication service.

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PART TWO

OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS FOR AN AMATEUR RADIOCOMMUNICATION SERVICE

Section 2 Station Operation Licences

1. A station may only be operated on the basis of a licence to operate amateur radiocommunication service radio transmission equipment (hereinafter 'licence') issued by the Czech Telecommunications Office (hereinafter 'Office')²⁾ on the basis of a written application. This licence does not entitle the holder to operate amateur repeaters, beacons and packet nodes used by an amateur radiocommunication service, which are licensed separately under the Act.^{3) 4)}
2. In addition to the requirements laid down by the Act³⁾, an application shall also include:
   1. in the case of natural persons, one or more station locations,
   2. in the case of legal entities, one or more station locations, the first name and surname of the chief operator and his call sign.
3. In addition to the requirements laid down by the Act⁴⁾, an application shall also include:
   1. in the case of legal entities, the surname and call sign of the chief operator,
   2. the operator class, if the licence is granted to a natural person,
   3. the CEPT class, if the licence is granted to a natural person,
   4. the station location.
4. Every operator operating a station must be familiar with the contents of the licence and its terms.

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Section 3 Station Operation

1. The holder is responsible for operating a station in compliance with the issued licence and to the extent laid down in the terms. In the case of a legal entity, the chief operator is responsible for station operation.
2. A licence holder is responsible for safeguarding a station against misappropriation or misuse. Should these take place, he is to submit a written notification to the Office without delay.
3. In the event of damage, loss or misappropriation of a licence, its holder may apply to the Office for the issue of a duplicate licence.
4. A valid licence or a certified copy thereof must be available at the station location.
5. If a station is operated by foreign nationals who are holders of a CEPT licence, they are to use their home call sign with the double letters 'OK'. The 'OK' and the home call sign are divided by a stroke '/' or the English word 'stroke'.

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Operator Classes Section 4

By virtue of passing an examination, operators are categorized in one of the following classes: D, C, B and A. The maximum power output and operational frequencies permitted to individual classes are as follows:

1. Class D for the operation of a transmitter with maximum output power of 100 W in the frequency bands detailed in Annex 1, Table 1,
2. Class C for the operation of a transmitter with maximum output power of 100 W in the frequency bands detailed in Annex 1, Table 2,
3. Class B for the operation of a transmitter with maximum output power of 300 W in the frequency bands detailed in Annex 1, Table 3,
4. Class A for the operation of a transmitter with maximum output power of 750 W in the frequency bands detailed in Annex 1, Table 3.

The maximum output power detailed here is understood to mean the effective radiated power at the output terminals of the transmitter equipment.

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Section 5

1. A chief operator shall keep a list of operators authorized to operate the station of a legal entity, who are either holders of their own licences or operators who do not have their own licence, to whom the chief operator has given permanent approval for operation of the station. He is to detail the operator class of all operators.
2. The station of a legal entity may only be operated by operators who do not have their own licence if they are under the supervision of the chief operator or of licence holders registered in the list as per subsection 1; they may not be of a higher class than that of the supervising operator. The supervising operator is responsible for the operation of the station.
3. A station may be operated in the presence of a licence holder and under his supervision to the extent of authorization of operator class C or D by persons without an examination certificate under a special legal regulation⁵⁾ from 10 years of age. Any such person must be recorded in the station log.

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Section 6 Contents of Transmissions

1. Transmissions may only be made in open speech. Open speech is understood to include the use of abbreviations, international codes and communications protocols. Transmission contents must not include messages, information and calls which might be in contravention of the principles of the protection of basic human rights and freedoms in the sense of international conventions and the legal code of the Czech Republic and the principles of good relations between nations and states; nor may there be vulgar expressions or messages and transmissions which have the character of advertising, broadcasting or other commercial transmissions.
2. At the beginning and the end of each contact, full call signs shall be used by both corresponding stations according to the type of operation used during the contact. If the contact lasts for more than five minutes, the operator shall transmit his own call sign for each five minute period during the contact. The call sign of both corresponding stations is not required for radio amateur contests, competitions and expedition operation.
3. An amateur repeater must automatically transmit its allocated call sign¹⁾ every five minutes during a contact.
4. If human life, health or property are in danger, or in other emergency situations, a station may be used to transmit messages to avert the threat. The conditions for the international operation of amateur stations in natural disasters and crisis situations are determined by the Radiocommunication Regulations of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU).⁶⁾ The following frequency bands may be used for such operation: 3.5 to 3.8 MHz. 7.0 to 7.1 MHz. 10.10 to 10.15 MHz. 14.00 to 14.35 MHz. 18.068 to 18.168 MHz. 21.00 to 21.45 MHz. 24.89 to 24.99 MHz and 144.0 to 146.0 MHz.
5. The Office does not allocate call signs to transmitters for radio amateur orienteering (ARDF). Transmitters must only transmit the internationally used signs: MO, MOE, MOI, MOS, MOH, MO5 on these frequency bands:
   1. 3,520 to 3,600 kHz with A1A type operation,
   2. 3,600 to 3,750 kHz with A1A and A2A type operation,
   3. 144,500 to 144,900 MHz and 145,200 to 145,575 MHz with A1A, A2A, F1A and F2A type operation.
   The meaning of the different operation type designation signs is given in Annex 2.

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Section 7 Station Log

A licence holder shall keep a station log at the station location in written or digital form. The operator operating the station shall record the date and time of a contact, the frequency band used, the type of operation, the call sign of the other station and any other information. The licence holder shall keep the station log for a period of at least one year from the date of the last entry.

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Section 8 Station Location

1. A licence holder may only operate a station permanently at locations detailed in the licence.
2. Outside the locations under subsection 1, a licence holder may operate a station for a period of no more than 30 days:
   1. from a fixed location, in which case the call sign is to be supplemented by '/p' or the English word 'portable',
   2. from a mobile device or while the station is moving, in which case the call sign is then supplemented by '/m' or the English word 'mobile'.

   In radio amateur contests, competitions and during expedition operation, the '/p' or 'portable' or '/m' or 'mobile' are not compulsory.

3. For the operation of stations on ships or aircraft, the consent of the owner or operator of these craft is required.

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Section 9 Trial Operation

All trial transmissions must be performed into a dummy load except in the case of antenna settings and transmitter antenna circuits. A dummy load is a suitable non-radiating resistor, which replaces the input impedance of the antenna.

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PART THREE

TECHNICAL CONDITIONS FOR AMATEUR RADIOCOMMUNICATION SERVICE

Section 10 Station Requirements

1. The frequency stability of the station must conform to the following values:

   Frequency	Output power	Stability
   4 - 29,7 MHz	< 500 W	20.10-6
   	> 500 W	10.10-6
   145 MHz band	< 5 W	15.10-6
   	> 5 W	7,5.10-6
   430 MHz band	< 5 W	5.10-6
   	> 5 W	2,5.10-6
   470 - 2450 MHz		20.10-6
   2450 - 10 500 MHz		100.10-6
   10,5 - 40 GHz		300.10-6

   The frequency stability is dependent on the duration of the contact.

2. The output of individual frequency components of spurious radiation must not exceed the following values:

   Frequency range	Output power	Suppression of spurious components
   9 kHz - 30 MHz		- 40 dB, but no more than 50 mW output power
   30 MHz - 235 MHz	> 25 W	- 60  dB, but no more than 1 mW output power
   	< 25 W	- 40 dB, but no more than 25 µW output power
   235 MHz - 960 MHz	> 25 W	- 60 dB
   	< 25 W	- 40 dB, but no more than 25 µW output power
   960 MHz - 17,7 GHz	> 10 W	- 50 dB
   	< 10 W	no more than 100 µW output power
   > 17,7 GHZ		as low as current technology permits

3. The bandwidth occupied by the transmission must correspond to the minimum bandwidth required for the transmission of information by a given type of operation.
4. During a change in transmission frequency, no energy may be emitted by the antenna except in the case of satellite operation.
5. Radio transmission equipment (except for equipment with power output of less than 5 W) must be terminated with assymetric output with an impedance of 50-100 ohms. There should be another antenna connector available at the station location for Office inspection authorities to use for transmitter measurements.

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PART FOUR

TRANSITIONAL, REPEALING AND CONCLUDING PROVISIONS

Section 11

1. A licence holder shall terminate operation of stations whose technical and operational parameters do not conform to this Decree no more than one month after the date on which this Decree comes into effect.
2. The validity of operator classes attained to date is not affected.

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Section 12

The following are repealed:

1. Decree no. 92/1974 Coll. on amateur transmission station permits.
2. Decree no. 390/1992 Coll. on amateur transmission radio station permits.
3. Decree no. 74/1993 Coll. supplementing the Decree of the Federal Ministry of Communications no. 390/1992 Coll., on amateur transmission radio station permits.

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Section 13

This Decree comes into effect on the date of its promulgation.

Minister:
Ing. Schling
in his own hand

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1. Decree no. 200/2000 Coll. on the procedure for creating a call-sign, its usage and the kinds of radiocommunications services for which they are required.
2. Section 3 of Act no. 151/2000 Coll. on Telecommunications and the Amendment of Certain Other Acts.
3. Section 57 of Act no. 151/2000 Coll.
4. Section 58 of Act no. 151/2000 Coll.
5. Decree no. 202/2000 Coll. on requirements for an application for the examination to demonstrate special compentence to operate radio transmission equipment, on the extent of knowledge required for individual types of special competence and on the procedure for holding examinations, on types of competence certificates and the period of their validity.
6. Radio-Communications Regulations, issued in 1990 as subsequently amended, Geneva - ITU documents (Order of the Government of the Czech Republic no. 397/1994 on accession to the ITU Constitution and Convention.

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Annex 1

OPERATOR CLASSES

Table 1. Operator Class D

Frequency band		Status*)
from	to
144 MHz	146 MHz	P
430 MHz	440 MHz
1 240 MHz	1 300 MHz	S
2 300 MHz	2 450 MHz
3 400 MHz	3 410 MHz	NIBa)
5 650 MHz	5 850 MHz	S
10,00 GHz	10,50 GHz
24,00 GHz	24,05 GHz	P
24,05 GHz	24,25 GHz	S
47,00 GHz	47,20 GHz	P
75,50 GHz	76,00 GHz
76,00 GHz	81,00 GHz	S
142 GHz	144 GHz	P
144 GHz	149 GHz	S
241 GHz	248 GHz
248 GHz	250 GHz	P

*)

P = priority (primary) band,

S = secondary band:

1. transmission must not cause harmful interference with priority service stations,
2. protection against harmful interference from priority service may not be sought,
3. however, claims may be made against harmful interference from the same or another secondary service,

NIB = on a non-interference basis:

1. transmission must not cause harmful interference with priority service stations,
2. protection against harmful interference from priority service may not be sought,

a) permitted output power 20 W

Table 2: Operator Class C

Frequency band		Status*)
from	to
135,70 kHz	137,80 kHz	S a)
10,10 MHz	10,15 MHz	S b)
1 810 kHz	1 850 kHz	P
1 850 kHz	2 000 kHz	NIB c)
3 520 kHz	3 800 kHz	P
7 020 kHz	7 100 kHz
21,05 MHz	21,15 MHz
21,35 MHz	21,45 MHz
28,05 MHz	28,15 MHz
28,60 MHz	29,70 MHz
144 MHz	146 MHz
430 MHz	440 MHz
1 240 MHz	1 300 MHz	S
2 300 MHz	2 450 MHz	S
3 400 MHz	3 410 MHz	NIB d)
5 650 MHz	5 850 MHz	S
10,00 GHz	10,50 GHz
24,00 GHz	24,05 GHz	P
24,05 GHz	24,25 GHz	S
47,00 GHz	47,20 GHz	P
75,50 GHz	76,00 GHz
76 GHz	81 GHz	S
142 GHz	144 GHz	P
144 GHz	149 GHz	S
241 GHz	248 GHz
248 GHz	250 GHz	P

*) see Table 1

1. only A1A, F1A, G1A operation
2. only A1A, F1A, G1A, J2A operation
3. permitted output power 10 W
4. permitted output power 20 W

Table 3: Operator Classes B and A

Frequency band		Status*)
from	to
135,70 kHz	137,80 kHz	S a)
10,10 MHz	10,15 MHz	S b)
1 810 kHz	1 850 kHz	P
1 850 kHz	2 000 kHz	NIB c)
3 500 kHz	3 800 kHz	P
7 000 kHz	7 100 kHz
14 000 kHz	14 350 kHz
18 068 kHz	18 168 kHz
21,00 MHz	21,45 MHz
24,89 MHz	24,99 MHz
28,00 MHz	29,70 MHz
50 MHz	52 MHz	NIB d)
144 MHz	146 MHz	P
430 MHz	440 MHz
1 240 MHz	1 300 MHz	S
2 300 MHz	2 450 MHz	S
3 400 MHz	3 410 MHz	NIB d)
5 650 MHz	5 850 MHz	S
10,00 GHz	10,50 GHz
24,00 GHz	24,05 GHz	P
24,05 GHz	24,25 GHz	S
47,00 GHz	47,20 GHz	P
75,50 GHz	76,00 GHz
76 GHz	81 GHz	S
142 GHz	144 GHz	P
144 GHz	149 GHz	S
241 GHz	248 GHz
248 GHz	250 GHz	P

*) see Table 1

1. only A1A, F1A, G1A operation
2. only A1A, F1A, G1A, J2A operation
3. permitted output power 10 W
4. permitted output power 20 W

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Annex 2

TYPES OF OPERATION

1. The type of operation of radio transmission equipment is determined by
   • the required frequency bandwidth and
   • the class of transmission
2. The required frequency bandwidth is expressed by four characters: three digits expressing the rounded-off value of the required frequency bandwidth plus one letter. The letter has the position of a decimal point and represents the unit used where the required bandwidth
   1. between 0.001 Hz and 999 Hz is expressed in Hertz (letter H),
   2. between 1 kHz and 999 kHz is expressed in Kilohertz (letter K),
   3. between 1 MHz and 999 MHz is expressed in Megahertz (letter M),
   4. between 1 GHz and 999 GHz is expressed in Gigahertz (letter G).
   For the designation of the type of amateur radiocommunication service operation, information on the required frequency bandwidth is not compulsory.
3. The class of transmission is mandatory information and is expressed by three consecutive symbols with the following meaning:
   1. the first symbol designates the type of main carrier modulation, as follows:
      1. Emission of unmodulated carrier N
      2. Emission in which the main carrier is amplitude modulated (including cases where sub-carriers are angle modulated):
         1. Double sideband A
         2. Single sideband, full carrier H
         3. Single sideband, reduced or variable level carrier R
         4. Single sideband, suppressed carrier J
         5. Independent sideband B
         6. Vestigial sideband C
      3. Emission in which the main carrier is angle modulated:
         1. Frequency modulation F
         2. Phase modulation G
      4. Emission in which the main carrier is amplitude and angle modulated either simultaneously or in a pre-established sequence D
      5. Emission of pulses
         1. A sequence of unmodulated pulses P
         2. A sequence of pulses:
            1. Modulated in amplitude K
            2. Modulated in width/duration L
            3. Modulated in position/phase M
            4. In which the carrier is angle modulated during the period of the pulse Q
            5. Which is a combination of the foregoing or is produced by other means V
      6. Cases not covered above, in which an emission consists of the main carrier modulated, either simultaneously or in a pre-established sequence, in a combination of two or more of the following modes: amplitude, angle, pulse W
      7. Other cases X
   2. the second symbol designates the nature of the signal modulating the main carrier, as follows:
      1. No modulating signal 0
      2. A single channel containing quantized or digital information without the use of a modulating subcarrier 1
      3. A single channel containing quantized or digital information with the use of a modulating subcarrier 2
      4. A single channel containing analogue information 3
      5. Two or more channels containing quantized or digital information 7
      6. Two or more channels containing analogue information 8
      7. A composite system with one or more channels containing quantized or digital information, together with one or more channels containing analogue information 9
      8. Other cases X
   3. the third symbol designates the type of information to be transmitted, as follows:
      1. No information N
      2. Telegraphy (for aural reception) A
      3. Telegraphy (for automatic reception) B
      4. Facsimile C
      5. Data transmission, telemetry, telecommand D
      6. Telephony (including sound broadcasting) E
      7. Television (video) F
      8. A combination of the above W
      9. Other cases X