Question 5 in the
examination
Unattended and remote control operation
NOTE: Parts
below in this colour are from the licence
There is a lot of very technical
points relating to this question so full explore
:-
Check Clauses 10(6),
10(7),11(2), and 10(4) particularly.
Also as you are progressing from the
Intermediate level the 50mW restriction does not all at
FULL LEVEL LICENCE !!!
1E2
5 Recall that the Licensee may use any
communication link for the purpose of Remote
Control of the main station.
10(1)
The Licensee may conduct Unattended Operation of
Radio Equipment provided that any such operation is
consistent with the terms of this Licence. Additional
restrictions which apply to the Unattended Operation of
Beacons are specified in Schedule 2 to this Licence.
You will
need to know where the Interpretation and Notes to the Licence
which are towards the back.
For instance in the notes
it says The Unattended operation of Beacons is only permitted
..... (it is left for you to read up on that)
Also Beacons may operate
with a maximum power level of ..... (again you need to read up
on that ) if you do not check this out then you have the
chance of losing marks.
17(1)(ll)
"Unattended Operation" means the operation of
Radio Equipment by the Licensee when the Licensee is in a
different location to that where the Radio Equipment is
located;
1E2 6
continued Recall that if the Remote Control
link is in an amateur band that the licence requirements
for the link are the same as the requirements for the
main station.
10(2)
The Licensee may also conduct Remote Control
Operation of Radio Equipment (including, for the avoidance
of doubt, Beacons) provided that any such operation is
consistent with the terms of this Licence. BUT This Clause
does not permit the Licensee to install Radio Equipment
capable of Remote Control Operation for general
unsupervised use by other Amateurs.
17(1)(ff)
"Unwanted
Emissions" means spurious emissions and out-of-band
emissions as defined in the Radio Regulations;
10(3) Whilst 10(2) above allows
certain operation this Clause does not permit the Licensee to
install Radio Equipment capable of Remote Control
Operation for general unsupervised use by other Amateurs.
1E2 6 continued
Recall that a link in an
amateur band should be above 30MHz
10(4)
Any
communication links used to control the Radio Equipment or
to carry Messages to or from the Radio Equipment in
accordance with Clause 10(2) must be adequately secure so
as to ensure compliance with Clause 3 of this Licence. Any
security measures must be consistent with Clause 11(2) of
this Licence.
10(5)
The
use of any such communication links referred to in Clause
10(4) must be failsafe such that any failure will not
result in unintended transmissions or any transmissions of
a type not permitted by this Licence.
10(6)
If
this Licence is a Foundation Licence or an Intermediate
Licence, and the Licensee wishes to establish
communication links to operate the Radio Equipment in
accordance with Clause 10(4), then the Licensee may only
do so using wireless communication links and the Licensee
may only use the amateur band allocations detailed in
Schedule 16 to operate those links. Any such
communications links shall be subject to a maximum power
level of 500 mW pep e.r.p.
10(7) Only
where this Licence is a Full Licence, Full (Reciprocal)
Licence, Full (Temporary Reciprocal) Licence or a Full
(Club) Licence, the Licensee may make use of any
communications links (including, for the avoidance of
doubt, the amateur band allocations detailed in Schedule
16) to establish the wireless communication links referred
to in Clause 10(4).
1E2 6 continued Recall
that a link in an amateur band must not be encrypted
11(2) The Licensee shall only
address Messages to other Amateurs or to the stations of
those Amateurs and shall not encrypt these Messages for
the purpose of rendering the Message unintelligible to
other radio spectrum users.
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