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2016 Extra Class study guide: E1C - station control, foreign licenses

Posted: 28 Mar 2016 06:26 PM PDT
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E1C Definitions and restrictions pertaining to local, automatic and remote
control operation; control operator responsibilities for remote and
automatically controlled stations; IARP and CEPT licenses; third party
communications over automatically controlled stations

An important concept in the rules governing amateur radio is the concept of
station control and the control operator. The control operator is the
licensed radio amateur who is responsible for the transmissions of a
station, and the location of that operator is called the control point.
There are three ways that a control operator can control a station: local
control, remote control, or automatic control.

Local control means direct manipulation of the transmitter by a control
operator. (E1C07) So, when you were sitting in front of your radio, you are
using local control.

A remotely controlled station is a station controlled indirectly through a
control link. (E1C01) When an amateur station is being remotely controlled,
a control operator must be present at the control point. (E1C06) This is,
of course, true for local control as well. 3 minutes is the maximum
permissible duration of a remotely controlled station’s transmissions if
its control link malfunctions. (E1C08)

Automatic control of a station means the use of devices and procedures for
control so that the control operator does not have to be present at a
control point. (E1C02) The control operator responsibilities of a station
under automatic control differs from one under local control. Under
automatic control the control operator is not required to be present at the
control point. (E1C03)

Most repeaters are operated with automatic control. Only auxiliary,
repeater or space stations are the types of amateur stations that may
automatically retransmit the radio signals of other amateur stations.
(E1C10) 29.500 29.700 MHz is the frequency band available for an
automatically-controlled repeater operating below 30 MHz. (E1C09) No
repeaters are allowed on any other HF band. An automatically controlled
station may never originate third party communications. (E1C05)

IARP and CEPT licenses, third-party traffic

An IARP is an international amateur radio permit that allows U.S. amateurs
to operate in certain countries of the Americas. (E1C04) Countries that
accept an IARP include Argentina, Brazil, Canada, El Salvador, Panama,
Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, United States of America, Uruguay, and
Venezuela. In the U.S., IARPs are issued by the ARRL.

The CEPT agreement allows an FCC-licensed U.S. citizen to operate in many
European countries, and alien amateurs from many European countries to
operate in the U.S. (E1C11) You must bring a copy of FCC Public Notice DA
11-221 to operate in accordance with CEPT rules in foreign countries where
permitted. (E1C13) There are 40 European countries that allow you to
operate under the CEPT agreement.

Apart from these two agreements, amateurs with Canadian licenses are
allowed to operate in U.S. without any special license or permit. The
privileges authorized in the U.S. to persons holding an amateur service
license granted by the Government of Canada include the operating terms and
conditions of the Canadian amateur service license, not to exceed U.S.
Extra Class privileges. (E1F02)

Remember that when operating in a foreign country or even here in the U.S.,
communications incidental to the purpose of the amateur service and remarks
of a personal nature are the only types of communications may be
transmitted to amateur stations in foreign countries. (E1C12)

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ARRL News: training hams, Garry Shandling, original Elmer SK

Posted: 28 Mar 2016 12:37 PM PDT
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Ive been critical of the ARRL in the past, but I think theyre doing a great
job with providing hams with news about happenings in amateur radio. You
can get the news by going to their website, or if youre a member, subscribe
to the weekly ARRL Letter.

Here are a few items of note that have been published lately:

UC Berkeley Trains, Tests Hundreds of New Hams. This item describes a March
16 VE mega session at which 50 new Technicians, three new Generals, and
five new Amateur Extra class licensees passed their exams. I was, of course
interested in this because I recently taught a one-day Tech class that
resulted in 37 new licensees.It also described two amateur radio-related
courses taught by UC Berkeleys Dr. Michael “Miki� Lustig, KK6MRI. I was
especially interested in hisÂ*“Hands-On Hamâ€� course for sophomores.
Something like this could be a good follow-on course for my Tech graduates.
Ive e-mailed KK6MRI, and will write more about this course when I get the
information.
Comedian, Actor, TV Writer and Personality Garry Shandling, ex-KD6OY, SK.
Marlon Brando,Â*KE6PZH/FO8GJ, died not quite a dozen years ago, and now
Garry Shandling. Back in the day, we knew about celebrities who were ham
radio operators, like Arthur GodfreyÂ*and Walter Cronkite. Its a shame that
hams like Brando and Shandling felt that they had to get licenses under
assumed names. I wonder how many other celebrities there are out there
operating under assumed names?
ARRL HF Band Planning Committee Seeks Suggestions on IARU Region 2 HF Band
Plan. ReviewÂ*theÂ*study the existing IARU Region 2 Band Plan;Â*formulate a
clear statement of any proposed changes, including a brief explanation of
why each particular change would benefit all IARU Region 2 spectrum users;
and submit input via e-mail by June 1, 2016.
“Elmerâ€� Inspiration, Elmer “Budâ€� Frohardt Jr, W9DY, SK.Â*The ham radio
mentor who inspired the term “Elmer� — Elmer P. “Bud� Frohardt Jr, W9DY
(ex-W9GFF), of Madison, Wisconsin — died on March 22. He was 93.


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2016 Extra Class study guide: E1B - Station restrictions and special
operations

Posted: 28 Mar 2016 10:23 AM PDT
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E1B Station restrictions and special operations: restrictions on station
location; general operating restrictions, spurious emissions, control
operator reimbursement; antenna structure restrictions; RACES operations;
National Quiet Zone

Part 97 places many different restrictions on how amateurs can use their
stations and specifies technical standards that amateur radio station must
meet. For example, some rules set standards for spurious emissions. A
spurious emission is an emission outside its necessary bandwidth that can
be reduced or eliminated without affecting the information transmitted.
(E1B01) The rules also state that permitted mean power of any spurious
emission relative to the mean power of the fundamental emission from a
station transmitter or external RF amplifier must be at least 43 dB below
for transmitters or amplifiers installed after January 1, 2003, and
transmitting on a frequency below 30 MHz. (E1B11)

There are also restrictions on erecting antennas. One factor that might
cause the physical location of an amateur station apparatus or antenna
structure to be restricted is if the location is of environmental
importance or significant in American history, architecture, or culture.
(E1B02) If you are installing an amateur station antenna at a site at or
near a public use airport, you may have to notify the Federal Aviation
Administration and register it with the FCC as required by Part 17 of FCC
rules. (E1B06)

Because RACES operation is quasi-governmental, there are some rules about
RACES operations. Any FCC-licensed amateur station certified by the
responsible civil defense organization for the area served may be operated
in RACES. (E1B09) All amateur service frequencies authorized to the control
operator are authorized to an amateur station participating in RACES.
(E1B10)

Finally, there are some questions about random rules in this section:

The distance at which an amateur station must protect an FCC monitoring
facility from harmful interference is 1 mile. (E1B03)
An Environmental Assessment must be submitted to the FCC must be done
before placing an amateur station within an officially designated
wilderness area or wildlife preserve, or an area listed in the National
Register of Historical Places. (E1B04)
The National Quiet Zone is an area surrounding the National Radio Astronomy
Observatory. (E1B05) The NRAO is located in Green Bank, West Virginia.
The amateur station must avoid transmitting during certain hours on
frequencies that cause the interference if its signal causes interference
to domestic broadcast reception, assuming that the receiver(s) involved are
of good engineering design. (E1B08)
The highest modulation index permitted at the highest modulation frequency
for angle modulation is 1.0. (E1B07)


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