Part 5 Conditions — amateur licence (amaPart 5 Conditions — amateur licence (amateur repeater station)

Part 5 Conditions – amateur licence (amateur repeater station)

22 Application of Part 5

(1) Subject to subsection (2), every amateur licence (amateur repeater station) is subject to the conditions in this Part. (2) If: (a) a condition is specified in an amateur licence (amateur repeater station) under paragraph 107(1)(g) of the Act, or imposed on the licence under paragraph 111(1)(a) of the Act; and (b) that condition is inconsistent with a condition specified in this Part; then, subject to subsection (3), to the extent of any inconsistency, the condition mentioned in paragraph (a) prevails. (3) If a condition specified in an amateur licence (amateur repeater station) under paragraph 107(1)(g) of the Act, or imposed on the licence under paragraph 111(1)(a) of the Act, is inconsistent with section 28, to the extent of any inconsistency, section 28 prevails.

23 Condition – using call signs

A person must, when operating an amateur repeater station, transmit the person’s call sign at least once every 10 minutes during the transmission.

24 Conditions – purposes and transmissions

(1) A person must not operate an amateur repeater station otherwise than to: (a) receive signals and retransmit those signals; or (b) transmit a signal that identifies the station. (2) A person must not operate an amateur repeater station unless the station is incapable of transmitting a signal in the absence of a received signal.

Note: The ACMA will generally not afford interference protection to a person operating an amateur repeater station in relation to interference caused by the operation of a low interference potential radiocommunications device, the operation of which is authorised by a class licence.

(3) A person must not operate an amateur repeater station to transmit a signal from another amateur station (originating station) to a third amateur station if the person authorised to operate the originating station is not authorised to operate the originating station on the repeater output of the amateur repeater station.

25 Conditions – repeater links

(1) A person must not operate a repeater link for an amateur repeater station otherwise than when: (a) a signal is being retransmitted from the station to another amateur repeater station; or (b) the operation is to make a transmission that identifies the station. (2) A person must, when operating a repeater link for an amateur repeater station, transmit the person’s call sign at least once every 10 minutes during the transmission.

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.

27 Condition – restriction in the 50-52 MHz frequency band

A person must not operate an amateur repeater station on a frequency within the 50 MHz to 52 MHz frequency band if the operation causes interference to radiocommunications specified to be a primary service in that band in the spectrum plan.

28 Condition – location of station

A person must not operate an amateur repeater station at a location not mentioned in a condition of the amateur licence (amateur repeater station) for the station for a continuous period longer than 7 days.

Note: If the person intends to operate an amateur repeater station at a location not mentioned in a condition of the licence for a continuous period longer than 7 days, the person should ask the ACMA to consider changing the location mentioned in the licence to the new location, by varying the conditions of the licence under section 111 of the Act.