Amateur service and amateur-satellite service
Foreword
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1 - THE AMATEUR SERVICES
    1.1 Nature of the amateur services
    1.2 Training
    1.3 Mutual recognition of amateur radio licences
        1.3.1 CEPT Recommendation T/R 61-01
        1.3.2 OAS International Amateur Radio Permit (IARP)
    1.4 Standardized operator qualifications
        1.4.1 Recommendation ITU-R M.1544
        1.4.2 CEPT harmonized amateur radio examination certificate (HAREC)
    1.5 Classification of amateur radio licences
        1.5.1 Individual amateur licence
        1.5.2 Club stations
        1.5.3 Special event stations
    1.6 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
    2.4 Role of the amateur service in emergency telecommunications
        2.4.1 Amateur networks available for emergency telecommunications
    2.5 Amateur systems
        2.5.1 Telegraphy systems
        2.5.2 Data communications systems
        2.5.3 Internetworking
        2.5.4 Telephony systems
        2.5.5 Image communications systems
        2.5.6 Multimedia systems
    2.6 Experimentation in the amateur service
        2.6.1 System development
        2.6.2 Antenna design
        2.6.3 Personal computers
        2.6.4 Propagation research
        2.6.5 Digital signal processing
CHAPTER 3 - AMATEUR-SATELLITE SERVICE
    3.1 Applications of bands allocated to the amateur-satellite service
    3.2 Background
    3.3 Operational amateur satellites
    3.4 Amateur earth stations
    3.5 Experimentation in the amateur-satellite service
CHAPTER 4 - EXTRACTS OF RADIO REGULATIONS (EDITION OF 2004)
    ARTICLE 1 - Terms and definitions
        Section III - Radio services
    ARTICLE 5 - Table of Frequency Allocations
        Section I - Regions and areas
        Section II - Categories of services and allocations
        Section IV - Table of Frequency Allocations
    ARTICLE 19 - Identification of stations
        Section I - General provisions
        Section III - Formation of call signs
    ARTICLE 25 - Amateur services
        Section I - Amateur service
        Section II - Amateur-satellite service
    APPENDIX 42 (Rev.WRC-03) - Table of allocation of international call sign series
    RESOLUTION 641 (Rev.HFBC-87) - Use of the frequency band 7 000-7 100 kHz
    RESOLUTION 642 - Relating to the bringing into use of earth stations in the amateur-satellite service
    RESOLUTION 644 (Rev.WRC-2000) - Telecommunication resources for disaster mitigation and relief operations
CHAPTER 5 - ITU-R QUESTIONS RELEVANT TO THE AMATEUR SERVICES
    QUESTION ITU-R 48-5/8 - Techniques and frequency usage in the amateur service and amateur-satellite service
    QUESTION ITU-R 209-2/8 - Contributions of the mobile and amateur services and associated satellite services to the improvement
CHAPTER 6 - ITU-R RECOMMENDATIONS RELEVANT TO THE AMATEUR SERVICES
    RECOMMENDATION ITU-R M.1041-2 - Future amateur radio systems
        1 Objectives
            1.1 General
            1.2 Technical
            1.3 Operational
            1.4 Methods of radiocommunication
            1.4.1 Morse code
            1.4.2 Narrow-band direct-printing
            1.4.3 Telephony
            1.4.4 Facsimile
            1.4.5 Data transmission
            1.4.6 Television
            1.4.7 New transmission modes
        2 Technical characteristics
        3 Operational characteristics
        4 Frequency band considerations
            4.1 Spectrum requirements
            4.2 Spectrum utilization
    RECOMMENDATION ITU-R M.1042-3 - Disaster communications in the amateur and amateur-satellite services
    RECOMMENDATION ITU-R M.1043-2 - Use of the amateur and amateur-satellite services in developing countries
    RECOMMENDATION ITU-R M.1044-2 - Frequency sharing criteria in the amateur and amateur-satellite services
    RECOMMENDATION ITU-R M.1172 - Miscellaneous abbreviations and signals to be used for radiocommunications in the maritime ...
        ANNEX 1 - Miscellaneous abbreviations and signals to be used for radiocommunications in the maritime mobile service
            Section I. Q Code - Introduction
    RECOMMENDATION ITU-R M.1544 - Minimum qualifications of radio amateurs
    RECOMMENDATION ITU-R M.1677 - International Morse code
        Annex 1 - Operational provisions applying to Morse working
            Part I - Morse code
            1 Morse code signals
            2 Spacing and length of the signals
            3 Transmission of signs for which there is no corresponding signal in the Morse code
            3.2 Multiplication sign
            3.3 Percentage or per thousand sign
            3.4 Inverted commas (quotation marks)
            3.5 Minute and second signs
            4 Transmission of groups of figures and letters, of ordinal numbers or of fractions
        Part II - General transmission rules
        Part III - Transmission of telegrams with identical text
            1 Identical texts
        Part IV - Transmission irregularities - Service notes
        Part V - Checking the number of words transmitted - Acknowledgement of receipt
            1 Checking the number of words transmitted
            2 Acknowledgement of receipt
        Part VI - Transmission procedures
    RECOMMENDATION ITU-R M.1732 - Characteristics of systems operating in the amateur and amateur-satellite services for use ...
        Annex 1 - Characteristics of systems operating in the amateur and amateur-satellite services for use in sharing studies
            1 Introduction
            2 Operational characteristics
            3 Technical characteristics
CHAPTER 7 - ITU-R REPORTS RELEVANT TO THE AMATEUR SERVICES
    REPORT ITU-R M.2085 - Role of the amateur and amateur-satellite services in support of disaster mitigation and relief
        1 Introduction
        2 Related texts
        3 GAREC
        4 Emergency centre of activity frequencies
        5 Recent operational experiences
            5.1 Tsunami in South-East Asia in December 2004
            5.2 Hurricane Katrina in the United States in 2005
        6 Preparedness measures
CHAPTER 8 - ITU-D RECOMMENDATIONS AND HANDBOOKS RELEVANT TO THE AMATEUR SERVICES
    RECOMMENDATION ITU-D 13.1
        Revision to Recommendation ITU-D 13 - Effective utilization of the amateur services in disaster mitigation and relief ...
        Extract of ITU-D Handbook on Emergency Telecommunications
            CHAPTER 5 - The Amateur Radio Service
            5 Introduction
            5.1 The Roles of the Amateur Radio Service in Emergency Telecommunications
            5.2 Amateur Radio Networks and their Ranges
            5.2.1 Short-range networks
            5.2.2 Medium-range Networks
            5.2.3 Long-range networks
            5.2.4 Amateur radio satellites
            5.3 Operating Frequencies
            5.4 Communication Modes
            5.5 Repeater Stations
            5.6 The Organization of Amateur Radio Emergency Service
            5.6.1 The Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES) Groups
            5.6.2 Typical Situations for Amateur Radio Emergency Communications
            5.7 Third Party Communications in the Amateur Radio Service
            5.8 Optimising the Use of the Amateur Radio Service as a Public Service