Wash your hands before you come to dinner! Lesson 3 Rules and Regulations

Wash your hands before you come to dinner! Lesson 3 Rules and Regulations

Ham Radio Band Plan Page 3-8

Study Guide Review On which bands is a General Class license holder granted all amateur frequency privileges?

Study Guide Review On which bands is a General Class license holder granted all amateur frequency privileges? 160, 30, 17, 12, and 10 meters

Study Guide Review On which band is phone operation prohibited?

Study Guide Review On which band is phone operation prohibited? 30 meters

Study Guide Review Which of the following frequencies is within the General Class portion of the 20 meter phone band? 14005 khz 14105 khz 14305 khz 14405 khz

Study Guide Review Which of the following frequencies is within the General Class portion of the 20 meter phone band? 14005 khz 14105 khz 14305 khz 14405 khz

Maximum Height = 200 Page 3-2

ARRL Official Observer Hey, I heard you on 14.185 last night! The Amateur Service is self policing. The Amateur Auxiliary and ARRL s Official Observers provide self-regulation and compliance with FCC rules. Page 3-2

Greg N9CHA Fox Hunting Page 3-2 Direction finding skills can be used by the Amateur Auxiliary to locate stations violating FCC rules.

Volunteer Examiner VE REQUIREMENTS Be accredited by a VEC Be at least 18 years of age Hold a General class or higher license (must be listed in the FCC database) Have never had your amateur license suspended or revoked Pages 3-3 thru 3-5

Beacon Stations Page 3-10 100 W PEP Max Beacon stations used for propagation and other activities.

Primary & Secondary Status Amateurs have secondary status on 60 Meters Secondary: Allowed to use the band only if we do not cause harmful interference to primary users. Page 3-12 thru 3-13

FCC Quiet Hours Daily 8pm 10:30pm Sundays 10:30am 1pm Page 3-12

Most Important Information Control Operator Responsibilities. The FCC s primary concern is that transmissions are made only under the control of a licensed operator. Control Operator the licensed amateur responsible for making sure transmissions comply with FCC rules.

Control Operator Must have a valid FCC issued Amateur Radio license Station must operate within the authorization of the control operator s license Control operator must be present at the control point of the station (the on-off switch) or remotely connected by a control link

Guest Operations Non-licensed people can use a ham radio but only when a control operator is present. The control operator is solely responsible for station operation. Licensed guests can use the ham radio. In this case, both the control operator and the guest ham are responsible for station operation.

Station Identification (ID) Normal ID Say your call sign every ten minutes during and at the end of the contact (QSO). Use of Tactical Call Signs Does not substitute for proper station ID. Ham Guests

ID Rules Apply Repeaters must also ID using the same 10 minute rule. Can be voice or CW (at 20 WPM or less). Satellites and ISS have special rules. Special event calls. Normal club call or control operator call given once per hour.

QRN Interference Natural interference (thunderstorms). Man-made (appliances and power lines). QRM Interference from nearby signals. Other hams or other users of the frequencies. Control operators should prevent interfering with other users of the frequencies.

Preventing Interference Use common sense and courtesy. Keep equipment in proper operating order. No one owns a frequency, be a good neighbor and share. Yield to special operations and special circumstances.

Interference Harmful Interference that is disruptive but not intentional. Deal with it as best you can and help others avoid harmful interference. Willful Intentionally causing interference. This becomes a legal and law enforcement issue. This is rare and there are procedures to deal with this (ARRL Official Observers can help).

Repeater Coordination I should have coordinated our repeater! If interference does occur between a noncoordinated and coordinated repeater: the noncoordinated repeater must resolve issue! Page 3-12

Third-Party Communications Third-party means that a non-ham is involved in communication via ham radio. Could be actually speaking on the air. Could be passing a message on behalf of the nonham. Two situations different rules. Within the US. Communication that crosses international borders.

Third-Party Within US No special rules. Just make sure the message is non-commercial in nature.

Third-Party Across Borders Make sure that third-party agreement exists. Check for current third-party agreements from FCC sources if in doubt. You might be surprised at the countries that we do not have third-party agreements with. During station identification say both stations call signs. Page 3-14

Remote and Automatic Control Some stations, repeaters and beacons operate without the control operator physically present at the control point. These stations must still comply with control operator stipulations. Local Remote Automatic

Prohibited Transmissions Unidentified transmissions. (not giving your call sign) False or deceptive signals. (using someone else s call sign) False distress or emergency signals. (fake calls for help) Obscene or indecent speech. (up to interpretation) Music.

Prohibited Transmissions (Exception) Sunita Williams KD5PLB If music happens to be part of the space shuttle audio, it s okay for it to be included in the retransmission. Page 3-15

No Business Communications You cannot make a profit through the use of transmissions made via ham radio. The exception is teachers using ham radio in their classrooms.

No Encrypted Transmissions Encryption involves encoding information for transmission that must be decoded upon reception to interpret the information. This is okay if: Coding is open source. Intention is not to hide the message or deceive.

No Broadcasting Broadcasting is sending one-way transmissions with no expectation of getting a response. News Music Exceptions: Code practice. Ham radio related bulletins. Re-transmission of shuttle communications.

Special Circumstances Ham communication is generally intended for hams. Emergencies and critical situations create special circumstances. Special commemorative events may qualify as special circumstances. Normal rules return when the situation returns to normal.

PEP = Peak Envelope Power ERP = Effective Radiated Power Watt Meter Displays the PEP from your transmitter into the antenna or load

PEP = Peak Envelope Power ERP = Effective Radiated Power ERP takes the GAIN (db) of the antenna system into consideration. EXAMPLE 3 dbd (gain relative to dipole) has a factor of 2. 100 watt transmitter (PEP) x 2 = 200 watts ERP Page 3-17

Gain Ant on 60M? Must Log! IF, you use a gain antenna on 60 meters, you MUST include your antenna gain calculations in your log! 60 Meters 50W ERP Max Dr. Hidetsugu Yagi, 1930 s Page 3-16

Good Engineering/Practices Amateur stations should be operated in conformance with good engineering and good amateur practice. Page 3-16

Power QRP = <10W (usually 5W) QRO = >100W Page 3-17

Power Minimum power necessary to carry out communications 160 1500W PEP 80 1500W PEP 60 50W ERP 40 1500 PEP 30 200 PEP 20 1500 PEP 17 1500 PEP 15 1500 PEP 12 1500 PEP 10 1500 PEP Bandwidth: 2.8 khz Maximum power limited on 30 meters

Maximum Symbol Rates and Bandwidth Below 10M 300 baud 1kHz 10M 1200 baud 1kHz 6M & 2M 19.2k baud 20kHz Digital Transmissions Page 3-18 Table 3-4