ARLA/CLUSTER: Nova regulamentação para radioamadores em Cuba foi publicada a 10 de Março

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

New Cuban Ham Radio Regulations

New amateur radio regulations for Cuba were published on March 10

The Cuban Radio Amateurs are currently studying and debating the main
topics contained in the new Regulation of the recently approved Radio
Amateur Service, published on March 10, on the website of the
Information System of the Federation of Radio Amateurs of Cuba (FRC).

The new legal body consists of 17 chapters and 182 articles, which
contain the regulations governing radio amateurs in Cuba. It includes
an important group of modifications with respect to the previous
Regulation, including new authorized bands, extension of the
expiration period of Licenses and Capacity Certificates and
regulations for the importation of equipment, antennas and other
accessories.

Download the new regulations
http://www.iaru-r2.org/wp-content/uploads/
Res_75_2017_REGLAMENTO_DE_RADIOAFICIONADOS_
28_de_febrero_de_2017.pdf

Source: Joel Carrazana Valdés CO6JC FRC Information System

Surprisingly Cuba has adopted the approach of listing permitted modes
by band with up to 31 Emission Designators specified for some bands.
Other countries such as the UK have adopted a Technology Neutral
approach permitting all modes.

A drawback of attempting to list every possible Emission Designator
for each band is that some will inevitably be missed. For example, the
new regulations do not appear to include the F7W and FXE designators
for
D-STAR and DMR.

Cuba has three classes of license:
1st Class - Prefix CO - 2000 watts max
2nd Class - Prefix CM - 100 watts max
3rd Class - prefix CL - 10 watts max