New Zealand Amateur Radio 60m Trial Extended

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New Zealand's national amateur radio society NZART reports that RSM have agreed to extend the one year 60m trial for a further six months to give more time for information gathering.

If you already hold a sub-license from NZART you do not need to do
anything. The trial will now finish on 24th July 2019.

To apply for a sub-license to operate on 60m - http://nzart.org.nz/info/60m/

Austrian Ham Radio Regulatory Changes

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The ÖVSV reports Manfred Mauler OE7AAI has summarized the amendments to the new Austrian Telecommunications Act in relation to Amateur Radio

The future changes listed are:

  • Use of club radio stations liberalized at international events

  • Licenses are limited to 10 years (also for foreign CEPT holders)

  • Callsign approved for 10 years (and reserved for 5 years)

  • Existing licenses phased out from 31st December 2022

  • License to cost 200 Euros

  • Emergency and disaster radio communications at the request of authorities

  • Deadline for registration of emergency and disaster radio exercises changed

  • Penalty of 1,000 Euros for late registration of exercises

  • Cancellation of import authorization v. Radio systems for personal use

  • Opt-In required for personal data to appear in published callsign list

Download the summary by Manfred Mauler OE7AAI - https://www.oevsv.at/export/shared/.content/.galleries/pdf-Downloads/20181114-Prasentation-Novelle-TKG-mit-Amateurfunkdienst.pdf

ÖVSV (Google English) - https://tinyurl.com/AustriaOeVSV

Two New Turkish Band Access for Christmas

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Turkey’s telecom regulator, BTK, in a government gazette notice of 29th November 2018, released two new Amateur Radio allocations.

The new WRC-15 60m Secondary allocation of 5351.5 – 5366.5 kHz with a power limit of 15W EIRP. All modes are allowed.

A 6m allocation of 50 – 52 MHz, all modes allowed, with a power limit of 75W.

BTK National Frequency Allocation Table (p.11,27) - https://www.btk.gov.tr/uploads/pages/milli-frekans-plani.pdf