CONTENTS

Policy on Intellectual Property Right (IPR)
List of abbreviations
Recommendations and Reports cited
 1     Introduction
 2     Amateur and experimental observations of propagation near 500 kHz
 3     List of administrations and conditions of operation
        3.1     List of administrations
                  3.1.1     Secondary authorizations
                  3.1.2     Test licenses
                  3.1.3     Experimental licenses
                  3.1.4     Scientific license
                  3.1.5     Beacons (continually transmitting stations for use in propagation monitoring)
        3.2     Conditions of operation – General remarks
 4     Station characteristics and typical operation
Annex Detailed examples of operations by administrations
 1     Australia
        1.1     Introduction
        1.2     Experimental operation in Australia
        1.3     CW Beacon Transmissions
        1.4     Very-Slow-Speed CW Transmissions
        1.5     Weak Signal Propagation Reporter
        1.6     Digital modes
        1.7     Two way contacts
        1.8     Development of transmitters, receivers, antenna systems and inference mitigation
        1.9     Field-strength measurements
       1.10     Conclusion
 2     Canada
        2.1     Framework for experiments by radio amateurs in Canada
        2.2     Station characteristics and typical operation
        2.3     Experimental operations in Canada
 3     United States of America
 4     United Kingdom
        4.1     Background
        4.2     Transmitting antenna design and performance
        4.3     Receiving system design
        4.4     Operating modes near 500 kHz
        4.5     Equipment design
        4.6     Conclusions