Handbook on Amateur and amateur-satellite services - Edition of 2026
Foreword
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1  THE AMATEUR SERVICES
     1.1 Historical context
     1.2 The amateur services today
     1.3 Regulatory interactions
     1.4 Training
     1.5 Mutual recognition of amateur radio licences
          1.5.1 CEPT
          1.5.2 OAS International Amateur Radio Permit (IARP)
     1.6 Standardized operator qualifications
     1.7 Types of amateur radio licences
          1.7.1 Individual amateur licence
          1.7.2 Club stations
          1.7.3 Special event stations
          1.7.4 Repeaters and beacons
     1.8 Technical characteristics of stations
CHAPTER 2  AMATEUR SERVICE
     2.1 Applications of bands allocated to the amateur service
     2.2 Amateur radio band plans
     2.3 Amateur service operations and operator training
          2.3.1 Typical operations
          2.3.2 Operating activities
          2.3.3 Radiosport
               2.3.3.1 Contesting
               2.3.3.2 Awards programmes
               2.3.3.3 DXpeditions
               2.3.3.4 Amateur radio direction finding
               2.3.3.5 High speed telegraphy
               2.3.3.6 Youth activities
     2.4 Role of the amateur service in emergency telecommunications
          2.4.1 Amateur networks available for emergency telecommunications
               2.4.1.1 Short-range networks
               2.4.1.2 Medium-range networks
               2.4.1.3 Long-range networks
     2.5 Amateur systems
          2.5.1 Telegraphy and data systems
          2.5.2 Linking amateur stations via the Internet
          2.5.3 Telephony systems
          2.5.4 Image communications systems
          2.5.5 Multimedia systems
     2.6 Experimentation in the amateur service
          2.6.1 Communications system development
          2.6.2 Antenna design
          2.6.3 Personal computers
          2.6.4 Propagation research and monitoring
          2.6.5 Digital signal processing
     2.7 Amateur radio equipment
          2.7.1 Typical commercial amateur radio equipment
          2.7.2 Software defined radio systems
CHAPTER 3  AMATEUR-SATELLITE SERVICE
     3.1 Applications of bands allocated to the amateur-satellite service
     3.2 Background
     3.3 Amateur earth stations
     3.4 Challenges and experimentation in the amateur-satellite service
     3.5 Amateur-communication satellites
     3.6 Amateur satellites combined with educational missions
     3.7 Frequency co-ordination in the amateur-satellite service
CHAPTER 4  WRC Resolutions that are relevant to the amateur and amateur-satellite services
CHAPTER 5  ITU-R QUESTIONS RELEVANT TO THE AMATEUR SERVICES
CHAPTER 6  ITU-R RECOMMENDATIONS RELEVANT TO THE AMATEUR SERVICES
CHAPTER 7  ITU-R REPORTS RELEVANT TO THE AMATEUR SERVICES
CHAPTER 8  OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS AND HANDBOOKS RELEVANT TO THE AMATEUR SERVICES