ARLA/CLUSTER: Na África do Sul, o regulador exige um livro de registo de contactos

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

Are you keeping a log book?
In South Africa, the Frequency Spectrum Regulations for Amateur Radio
require that you keep a logbook for all HF contacts.

Section 4 of the regulation states:

(1) The licensee must keep a log book recording the activities of the
amateur radio station used by him or her or any other person under the
supervision of the licensee, except when operating a station in the
VHF and UHF bands or mobile.

(2) Details recorded in the log book referred to in sub-regulation
(15) must include-

(a) the date, time and nature of each transmission: provided that the
date with regard to each individual day's operation need to be
recorded only once and for the purposes of this paragraph "time of
each transmission" shall mean the time that a specific station is
called and the time at which the communication with such station is
terminated;

(b) the full name and address of the person making the transmission:
provided that the name of the licensee who regularly uses the amateur
radio station need to be recorded only once in the log book with an
explicit statement that all transmissions are made by him, except
where stated otherwise;

(c) the call sign of every station: provided that it need not be
recorded repeatedly for calls made to the station during the course of
the communication;

(d) the transmitter power that is used;

(e) the frequency band that is used: provided that it need to be
recorded in the log book only once until a change of frequency to
another authorized band takes place; and

(f) the address from where the transmission takes place: provided that
such address needs to be recorded only once, should the place of
transmission not change.

The regulations further warns that any person who fails to comply with
these regulations is liable on conviction by the Complaints and
Compliance Commission to a fine not exceeding R200 000 unless stated
otherwise in regulations.

Fonte:South African Radio League