26Conditions — access control system

26 Conditions – access control system

(1) If: (a) a person (the originator) operates an amateur station (the originating station) that transmits a signal to an amateur repeater station; and (b) the amateur repeater station uses a repeater output that: (i) is not the same frequency as the amateur repeater station’s repeater input; and (ii) is a frequency on which the originator is not authorised to operate the originating station; a person must only operate the amateur repeater station using an access control system that satisfies subsection (3). (2) If: (a) a person (the originator) operates an amateur station (the originating station) that transmits a signal to an amateur repeater station (the transmitting repeater station); (b) the transmitting repeater station transmits that signal to another amateur repeater station (the receiving repeater station), whether directly or through one or more other amateur repeater stations; and (c) the receiving repeater station uses a repeater output on a frequency on which the originator is not authorised to operate the originating station; a person must only operate the receiving repeater station using an access control system that satisfies subsection (3). (3) For the purposes of subsections (1) and (2), an access control system satisfies this subsection if both: (a) it is one of the following systems: (i) a tone burst system that has a frequency of 1750 Hz; (ii) a continuous tone coded squelch system that uses the frequencies set out in Part 1 of Schedule 3; (iii) a dual tone multi frequency system that uses the frequencies set out for the digits and symbols in Part 2 of Schedule 3; (iv) a system that uses any other readily available code or signal; and (b) when used with an amateur repeater station, it prevents transmission by the station on the repeater output when access control signals corresponding to a system referred to in paragraph (a) are not received. Definitions (4) In this section:

continuous tone coded squelch system means a system that requires the transmission of one or more continuous sub-audible tones to cause an amateur repeater station to transmit a signal it has received.

dual tone multi frequency system means a system that requires the transmission of audible tones to cause an amateur repeater station to transmit a signal it has received.

Note: Dual tone multi-frequency tones are the sounds generated by a telephone when the numbers are pressed.

tone burst system means a system that requires the transmission of one or more short tones to cause an amateur repeater station to transmit a signal it has received.