ARLA/CLUSTER: Nova Zelandia: Fim das emisões de TV em 50 MHz e inicio da atividade dos radioamadores

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

Close down of channel 1 and Amateur use of 50 to 51 MHz

New Zealand's last Channel 1 Television transmitter is due to close
down at the end of November and RSM has advised that from 6th December
2013 onwards (just in time for the annual VHF/UHF/SHF Field Day
Contest) Amateurs throughout New Zealand will have access to the
bottom end of the 6 metre band (50 to 51 MHz) without needing to apply
for a permit.

Note that the management right under which the channel 1 television
transmitters operated does not expire until August 2015 so 50 - 51 MHz
can not appear on the  Amateur General User Radio Licence until after
this date.

Instead RSM are putting in place licence No 4122 which will say that
“Persons who hold a New Zealand General Amateur Operator’s Certificate
of Competency and a callsign issued pursuant to the
Radiocommunications Regulations 2001 may operate an amateur radio
station under this licence”. The power on the licence will be 30 dBW
(1 kW) to bring it into line with the power on the General User Radio
Licence for Amateur Operators.

When Management Right 47 expires on the 30 August 2015, 50/51 MHz will
be added to the General User Radio Licence for Amateur Operators.

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