Question 3 in the exam
Messages
1C1 3
Understand the requirements relating to the content of
messages and who messages may be sent to.
Remember to use
:-
Clauses 11(2)(a),
11(4), 11(2)(b), 1(2) and 1(3) Further
in the Notes to the licence note (h)
11(1) The Licensee shall
be permitted to use the Radio Equipment to discuss any
topics of mutual interest with other Amateurs, and to
seek to receive and impart any information and any
ideas.
BUT note
The Wireless Telegraphy (Content of Transmission)
Regulations 1988 makes it an offence to use any station
for wireless telegraphy or any wireless telegraphy
apparatus to send a message, communication or other matter
in whatever form that is grossly offensive or of an
indecent, obscene or menacing character.
1C1
3 continued Understand the circumstances when
messages, including encrypted content, may be sent
11(2) The Licensee shall only
address Messages to other Amateurs or to the stations of
those Amateurs and shall not encrypt these Messages for
the purpose of rendering the Message unintelligible to
other radio spectrum users.
1C1
3 continued Understand distinction between the
use of codes and abbreviation and encryption.
11(3) The Licensee may use codes
and abbreviations for communications as long as they do
not obscure or confuse the meaning of the Message.
11(4) The Licensee shall not send
Messages (whether directly or for onwards transmission by
another station) for general reception other than:
(a) initial calls; or
(b) to groups or networks ("nets") of three or
more Amateurs as long as communication is first
established separately with at least one Amateur in any
such group;
(c) Messages transmitted via a mailbox or
bulletin board for reception by Amateurs.
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1C1
3 continued Understand that people of
all ages and backgrounds participate in
amateur radio and that messages must not cause
offence, particularly in the context of
relevant legislation including the Wireless
Telegraphy (Content of Transmission)
Regulations (1988) and the Communications Act
(2003).
Note (i) The
Wireless Telegraphy (Content of Transmission)
Regulations 1988 make it an offence to use any station
for wireless telegraphy or any wireless telegraphy
apparatus to send a message, communication or other
matter in whatever form that is grossly offensive or of
an indecent, obscene or menacing character.
Similarly with the
Communications Act (2003).
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1C2 3 Understand
the Licence requirements in respect of the
receipt of messages from amateurs on non-UK
frequencies.
Remember to use :-
Check the Schedule of frequencies
with regards this section of the syllabus and look at
Clause 14(2) particularly.
Section 9(2) fully
indicates what you can receive and on what frequencies you may
transmit.
9(2) The
Licensee may receive Messages from an overseas amateur
or from a UK Amateur duly authorised by Ofcom on a
frequency band not specified in Schedule 1 but the
Licensee may only transmit on a band specified in
Schedule 1 which is authorised such that when operating
the Radio Equipment the Licensee shall:
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(a) only use the frequency bands specified
in Schedule 1, subject to the limitations set out in
that Schedule;
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(b) only use a power level relating to
those frequency bands which does not exceed the
maximum power level specified in Schedule 1; and
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(c) take account of any other limitations
set out in Schedule 1 which apply to the class of
Licence held by the Licensee.
9(6)
The Licensee may receive Messages from an overseas amateur
or from a UK Amateur duly authorised by Ofcom on a
frequency band not specified in Schedule 1 but the
Licensee may only transmit on a band specified in Schedule
1 which is authorised under Clause 9(2).
Whilst
you could receive a station on a frequency band not
allocated to UK amateurs you may only transmit back on a
frequency band allocated to UK use. As such you may be
working what is called cross band and you would have to
announce the band of the other station in your
identification so that those listening would know where to
hear the other side of the conversation.
1C2
3 continued Understand
the Licence requirements in respect of
recorded and re-transmitted messages.
14(1) The Licensee may record
and re-transmit Messages addressed to the Licensee
received from other Amateurs:
So with
re-transmitted messages they must have been sent to you, or
as the text says "addressed to you" by another amateur and
you can thus send it back to the one who sent it or send it
onto another specified Amateur
14(2) When recording and
retransmitting the Message of another Amateur, if the
Licensee also records and retransmits the Callsign of
that Amateur, then the Licensee shall transmit the
Callsign in such a way that the origin of the Message
and the origin of the retransmission are clear.
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