Department of Telecommunications
WPC Wing
New Delhi, the 25th October 1978
G.S.R
1499. In exercise of the powers
conferred by section 4 and section 7 of the Indian Telegraph Act 1885 113 of
1885), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules for the conducts
of wireless telegraphs in the amateur service, Established, maintained and
worked by person licensee under the said Act.
1.
Short titles and commencement. -
1.
These rules may be called the Indian Wireless Telegraphs Amateur Service . Rules
1978.
2.
They shall come into force on the 1st January 1979 their publication in the
official gazette.
3.
Definition.- In these rules unless the context otherwise requires, -
a.
‘Act' means the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 13 of 1885);
b.
"amateur service' means a service of self training,
inter-communication and technical investigations carried on by amateurs
that is, by person duly authorised
under these rules interested in radio technique
solely with a
personal aim
and without pecuniary
interest;
c.
" Amateur Radio Beacon " means a station
in the Amateur
Service having, transmitter s.
emitting carrier wave
along with identification signals at regular interval . Such beacons
can be directional or
non-directional".
d.
‘amateur station' and " Amateur Satellite Service" ‘station' shall have the
meaning respectively assigned to them
in the Convention;
e.
‘Convention’ means the
International Telecommunication
Convention, Malaga-Torremolions,
1973, for the time being
in force and
the Radio
Regulations and
the Additional
Radio Regulations annexed
thereto but does not include any portion of
the said Convention or Regulations
regarding which the Central Government makes any reservation;
f.
‘licence' means a license granted under section 4 of the act for an
amateur wireless telegraphs station.
3.
Necessity for license - No person shall establish maintain and work an amateur
wireless telegraph station except under and in accordance with the terms and
conditions of an appropriate
License
under these rules.
4.
Categories of License- There shall be five categories of licenses, namely: -
i.
Advanced Amateur Wireless Telegraph Station License;
ii.
Amateur Wireless Telegraph Station License Grade I;
iii.
Amateur Wireless Telegraph Station License Grade II;
iv.
Restricted Amateur Wireless Telegraph Station License;
v.
Short Wave Listeners'
Amateur Wireless
Telegraph Station License.
5.
Eligibility for License -
1.
A license may be granted subject to such conditions
contained in Annexure I to these rules;
i.
to a person. -
a.
who is a citizen of India,
b.
who is not less than 18 years of age.
c.
who qualifies the Amateur Station Operators' Examination for the award of license or hold either of the following
certificate of proficiency, namely .-
i.
Radio communication Operators General Certificate:
ii.
First or Second Class Radio, Telegraph Operators Certificate;
Provided
that holders
of a
Special Radiotelegraph
Operators' Certificate may also be
considered eligible for the award of Amateur Wireless Telegraph Station License Grade
II.
iii.
to a bona fide amateur radio
society, club,
a school, college, institute
or a university in India which have the aim of participating in the amateur
service".
Provided
that the license shall be issued in the name of
an authorised official
of the
society, club,
school, college, institute
or university in India, holding a category of
license appropriate to the
transmission to be conducted by the station,
including amateur radio beacon transmissions.
2.
Notwithstanding anything contained in the sub-clause b.)
of clause I). of sub-rule
1). the Central Government may grant, to bona fide experimenters between the ages
of 14
to 18 years. Amateur Wireless
Telegraph Station License Grade I and to those
between the ages of 12 and 18 years
Amateur Wireless
Telegraph Station License, Grade
II or
Restricted Amateur
Wireless
Telegraph
Station License
or Short
Wave Listeners'
Amateur Wireless Telegraph Station License;
Provided
that the application for the grant of such licenses shall be accompanied by a
certificate from the head
of the educational
institutions, recognised by a Board or University
in India, attended by the
applicant or from his legal guardian that
the applicant
is interested in and is competent
to conduct experiments in
wireless telegraphy.
3.
Not withstanding anything
contained in sub-clause c). of clause
I). of
sub-rule 1),
the Government may
recognise, subject to
any conditions it may prescribe, from time
to time such
other radio-telegraph
operators' certificate
or Amateur Station
Operators' certificate as
are issued
by a competent authority
in India
or in any other country as
equivalent to qualification
referred to in aforesaid sub-rule for the purpose of grant of license under
these rules."
6.
Application for License : An application for the
grant of license from
-
a.
an individual - or
b.
an Amateur radio Society or club or a school , college or
an institute or a University
in India shall be made to the Central
Government in Annexure II or Annex III
respectively to
these rules, together with all the subsidiary forms and documents
duly filled in and completed in all respects.
7.
Eligibility for
admission to
amateur station
Operators Examination
: No person shall be
eligible for admission to an
examination for the grant of license unless :-
"a.
such a person fulfils the
provisions contained
in sub-clause a). of clause
I). of sub-rule 1). and either sub-rule b).
of clause I). of sub-rule 1). or sub-rule 2). of rule 5";
b.
such a person pays the fees on the following scale, namely
i.
Advanced Amateur Station Operators Examination - Rs.25.00
ii.
Amateur Station Operators' Grade I Examination - Rs.20.00
iii.
Amateur Station
Operators' Grade
II Examination
and Restricted Amateur
Wireless Telegraph Station Examination -
Rs.10.00 &
c.
a period of at least
one-month has elapsed since he
last appeared in an examination and failed.
8.
Examinations : 1. The
examinations* for the grant of
a license shall
be held at a place** and on
a date
as may be notified by the Central Government from time to time.
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NOTE:-
*
The syllabi for the examination are printed as Appendix I.
**
The scheduled of
examination, normally conducted at various
centers, is indicated in Appendix II.
2.
An application for license
in Annexure II to
these rules shall be
submitted not later than the 15th of the month preceding that in which it is
desired to take the examination.
3.
Any person admitted to the examination and found
guilty of impersonation or of submitting fabricated documents or
documents which have been tampered with or of making statements, which
are incorrect or false or
suppressing material information
or of using
or attempting to use unfair means in the examination
hall or otherwise resorting
to any other irregular or improper means
for obtaining admission to the
examination may, in addition to rendering himself
liable to criminal prosecution be
debarred either permanently or for a specified period from
appearing in any of the
examinations held for the award of license under these rules :
Provided
that no order under this
sub-rule shall be
made unless the
person concerned
has been
given a
reasonable opportunity or making a representation against the action
proposed to be taken.
4.
If any person is found guilty of any malpractice referred to in sub-rule
3). after the grant of a license to such a
person, the Central
Government may, in addition to prosecuting
him, cancel the license so given:
Provided
that the
Central Government
may, pending
the cancellation of the license, suspend or endorse such license:
Provided further that no order under this sub-rule shall be made unless
the person concern has
been given
a reasonable opportunity
of making
a representation against the
action proposed to be taken.
9.
Grant of License: Every category of license shall be
in the form set out in the Annexure IV to these rules.
10.
Observance of conditions of License, Convention,
and rules under
the act : 1). Every licensed
amateur wireless
telegraph station shall be established, maintained and worked in
accordance
with
-
a.
the condition contained in Annexure I of these rules;
b.
the provisions of the convention;
c.
the rules made by the Central Government under section 7
of the Act for the conduct
of wireless telegraphs in so far as they
are applicable.
2.
Notwithstanding sub-rule (1).
the Central
Government may modify ,
vary, cancel or revoke any of the conditions of license contained in
the said Annexure I at any time either by specific
notice in
writing to the licensee, or
by means of
a general notice published
in the Official Gazette or
in a newspaper published in New
Delhi.
3.
The licensee shall at his
own expense, give effect to any variation
in the conditions of license.
"11.
Period of Validity : A
License granted under
these rules shall be issued
for a period of 2 years or 5 years, as the
case may be,
commencing on the date of
issue of the license
and expiring on the last date
of the month preceding the month
of issue."
"12. Fee for License : 1). A License fee on the following scale shall be payable to the Central Government on receipt of instructions from the Government and in the manner directed by it
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Category
of
Fee in Rs. for
License
2 Years 5 Years
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i.
Advance Amateur Wireless Telegraph Station
License
50
125
ii.
Amateur Wireless
Telegraph Station License Grade I
40
100
iii.
Amateur Wireless Telegraph Station License, Grade II, Restricted Amateur
Wireless Telegraph Station, Short Wave Listener's Amateur Wireless
Telegraph Station License
25
60
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2.
The license
fee shall not be refundable on
ground of Licensee's
inability to establish or
make use of the
licensed amateur wireless
telegraph station or for
adjustment towards
higher
category of license.
13.
Authorised frequency band, power and emission.: A holder
of license shall use, as appropriate to the license, such
frequency bands power and classes of emission as are set out in Annexure
V of these rules. Provided that the Central
Government may by
special or general order
make changes in the usage of frequency bands, power and types of emission where
that Government is satisfied it is
expedient to do so, keeping in view, among others, the provisions of
the Convention, need for
enforcement of
better technical standards
in respect of equipment and national and international
radio interference pattern.
"14.
Renewal of Licenses:
1.
On the expiry of the validity of a license, it may be renewed for a period of
two or five years, as the case may be, if the licensee -
a.
makes an application for renewal, not earlier than 2
months but before the date of expiry;
b.
has actively operated an amateur wireless telegraph
station during the validity of his license and provides a certificate
to the effect that he has made contacts with other amateur
stations on at
least 40 occasions per year
and in case of
short Wave Listener has
intercepted amateur station on at least 40 occasions per year.
c.
Pays a fee on the following scale, namely :-
Category
of
Fees
in Rs. for
License
2 Years 5
Years
i.
Advance Amateur Wireless Telegraph Station License
50
125
ii.
Amateur Wireless Telegraph Station License Grade I
40
100
iii.
Amateur Wireless
Telegraph Station License, Grade II, Restricted Amateur
Wireless Telegraph Station, Short
Wave Listener's Amateur
Wireless Telegraph Station License
25
60
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2.
The license
fee shall not be refundable on
ground of Licensee's
inability to establish or
make use of the
licensed amateur wireless
telegraph station or for
adjustment towards higher
category of license.
3.
The documents showing the renewal of license issued by the Central Government
shall be kept along with the license to which it refers.
4.
it shall not be obligatory for Central Government to issue a notice that the
license is due for renewal."
"15.
Surcharge of late Renewal: In case the holder of license does not apply for its
renewal prior to the date of expiry of the license referred to in sub-rule 1).
of rule 14 he may apply for the renewal of license subsequently also but within
a period of two years after the date of expiry of the license on payment of a
surcharge at the rate of Rs.10 for every half year or part thereof . The license
in such a case shall be renewed from the date of expiry of license."
16.
Register for wireless telegraphy apparatus: Every licensee shall maintain a
register in respect of all wireless telegraphy apparatus established, maintained
and worked by
him at the amateur
station in the form set out in Annexure VI of these rules. 17. Location of
Amateur Station : The location of the
amateur station shall be
specified in the license along with the
usual residence of the
licensee endorsed there in and it
shall be operated only from
the place so fixed.
Provided
that the Central Government may, permit to
change of location if the
licensee applies for it in
writing giving particulars
of the change and submits the license for endorsement and pays a fee of rupees
five.
"18.
Portable and Mobile, Amateur Station : 1). without prejudice to rule 17, the
Central Government may in addition to an amateur
station licensed
for a specified
location issue
a special authorization to
establish, maintain and work an amateur station
as a mobile station installed on
board a motor vehicle or as
a portable station or for
the purpose of exhibiting the operation
of ammeter
station or jamborees or for
a specific
technical investigation in radio if -
i.
application for such an
authorisation is made at least
10 weeks in advance indicating, amongst others the period for
which the authorisation is required, area of operation and purpose;
ii.
the applicant holds an Advance Amateur
Wireless Telegraph Station
License or an Amateur Wireless Telegraph Station
License Grade I :
iii.
the applicant pays an additional fee of Rs.10.
2.
The special
authorisation shall,
in addition
to the conditions
specified in rule 10, be
subject to
the following conditions,
namely :-
i.
The special authorisation shall not be issued for a period of more than 90 days
and may be extended for a further period of
90 days on request and on payment of fees of Rs.10/-.
ii.
The licensee’s amateur
station at fixed location
and the mobile station shall
not communicate with each other :
iii.
The suffix "MO"
shall be added to the
callsign already authorised to the licensee. Such callsign shall be followed by the
location of the station.
iv.
Such other
conditions as
the Central
Government may
determine from time to time.
3.
The special authorisation may be withdrawn or the
conditions contained therein varied at any time by the Central
Government."
19.
Amateur Station on board
ship : 1). Without prejudice
to rule 17, the Central Government may on receipt of an
application authorise establishment,
maintenance and working of an
amateur station on
board a ship registered in India. Applications
for such authorisation shall
be accompanied by written approval
of the master or owners of the ship concerned.
2.
The establishment, maintenance and working of amateur stations on
board ships shall, in
addition to the conditions
specified under rule 10, be subject to such other conditions as the
Central Government may determine
from time to time and such conditions,
among others, shall include the following, namely;
i.
The amateur station on board
ship shall be operated
only while the ship is in
International waters or Indian territorial
waters. Its operation within the
territorial waters of another country shall be in conformity with laws and
regulations of the country
concerned.
ii.
It shall not be operated whilst the ship is in any
harbour in India.
iii.
The callsign allotted to
such stations shall have suffix
"MS" followed
by the callsign of the ships
in case
of radiotelegraphy or the official
name of the ship in case
of radiotelephony.
iv.
The amateur station on board a ship shall be independent of ship radio communication, radio navigation and
other safety services
radio equipment and shall be operated in such a
manner as not to cause
harmful interference to these services of
the ship. The amateur station shall have source of electrical
energy independent of the
ship station and shall also be
electrically independent of it.
v.
The amateur station
on board
a ship shall discontinue
operation at any time on request of an officer of the Central
Government, the Master or Radio
Officer of the ship or any land
station.
20.
Loss and Issue of Duplicate of License and Document
showing the
Renewal of License 1). A
person whose License or document showing the
renewal of license has
been lost,
mutilated or destroyed
shall notify the same to the
Central Government.
An application in
Annexure VII of these rules for
the duplicate shall be made
to the Central Government embodying a statement
of the circumstances involved in the loss, mutilation or destruction of
the license or the document showing the renewal of license for which a duplicate
is required. If the license or
the document showing the
renewal of license has been lost, the applicant
must state the circumstances
in which it was lost and that reasonable search has been made for it, and
further that in the event it be
found, either the original or the duplicate shall be returned for cancellation.
The mutilated license or the document showing
the renewal of license for which the duplicate is required should
be forwarded alongwith the application for cancellation.
2.The
Central Government may issue duplicate copy of any license or the document
showing the renewal of the
license and
the following charges shall be levied for such issue -
i.
for duplicate of license .. Rs.10/-
ii.
for duplicate of the document showing the renewal of license
.. Rs.5/-
21.
Revocation of License: 1).
The Central Government may,
at any time, revoke the license
i.
On the breach of any of the conditions of license
contained in the Annexure I or
ii.
In default of payment of any fees payable under these rules:
Provided
that, before revoking a license, the licensee shall be given a
reasonable opportunity of making
a representation against the
action proposed to be taken.
2.
The licensee
shall not be entitled
to any compensation arising out of revocation of
his license nor will any part of the fees
paid for the license shall be refunded
for the period
a license stands revoked.
22.
Transfer of License: A license shall not be transferable:
Provided
that the Central Government may permit the transfer of a license
granted to an authorised official of
an amateur radio
society or club or a school, college or an institute
or a University in India in favour of this successor if such successor
holds a category of license
appropriate to the transmissions to
be conducted by the amateur station.
23.
Operation of Licensed Amateur
Station : No person other than the
licensee shall be permitted
to operate the licensed amateur Station:
Provided
that -
a.
in the presence of the licensee himself, the station may
be operated by
any other
person holding
a valid
license of comparable
or higher category. The licensee, however,
shall be personally responsible for the observance of these rules
as if the station is
operated by him.
b.
in case of a license issued to an authorised official
of an amateur radio
society, club, school, college, Institute
or a University in India the
station may be operated by ...
i.
a person who holds a license equivalent or of higher category
ii.
a person who holds a lower category of license,
where he operates the
station on the frequency bands, emissions
and power allocated to his category.
In each
of the cases
aforesaid the
licensee shall
be responsible for the observance of this rule.
24.
Surrender of License: A license which is revoked or which have become invalid
and licensee does not desire to renew it shall
be surrendered to the Central Government for cancellation and record
25.
Dual holding of License : No person shall be
granted more than one license at the same time:
Provide that the Central Government may exempt a person, holding a license in his name for amateur radio society or a School, College or an Institute or a University in India, from the operation of this rule.
26.
Admission of Foreign
National to Examination and Grant
of License: 1).
Notwithstanding anything contained in these
rules, the Central
Government may subject to such terms and conditions
as it may impose from time to time,
admit a person who is not a citizen
of India to an examination for the grant of a license
or grant him a license if otherwise qualified.
2.
The conditions under
sub-section 1. shall, among
others, include the following, namely:-
i.
the country
of which the
applicant is
citizen, grants reciprocal
facilities to Indian nationals:
Provided
that it shall not apply
where the Central
Government considers that reciprocal facilities are not necessary;
ii.
the applicant is above the age 18 years
iii.
the applicant is a holder of
an appropriate category
of Amateur Station Operator’s certificate or license issued
by a competent
authority in
any other country and recognised by the Central Government ;
iv.
the license under this rule shall
be initially granted for a
period of one year or for the period of validity of visa,
for which the applicant's
passport is endorsed, whichever is less on
payment of
proportionate license fee as prescribed in rule 12 subject
to a minimum of fees payable for a period of one year.
27.
Penalty for breach of these rules: Any breach of these rules, other than a
breach which is an offence under section 20 or 21 of the Act, shall be
punishable with fine which may extend -
i.
when the person is licensed under the Act, to
one thousand rupees and in
the case of continuing breach a further fine of two hundred rupees for every day
after the first during the whole or
any part of which the breach continues;
ii.
when a servant of the person so licensed or another person is punishable for the
breach, to one forth of the amounts specified
in clause i). 28 Repeal and Saving
: 1. On the commencement of these rules, the
Indian Wireless Telegraphy Amateur
Service . Rules, 1958, shall cease
to be in force.
2.
Notwithstanding such cases, --
a.
Where before such
commencement any person had
passed the Amateur
Station Operators'
Certificate Grade I or
Grade II Examination,
such person shall not be required to pass any
such examination under these rules;
b.
Where, before
such commencement any
person was
granted Amateur Wireless Telegraph Station License Grade I, or any
such License was renewed and the
period for
which such License was granted or renewed extends beyond the commencement
of these rules then, such License shall continue to be in force for
the period specified in the
License.
ANNEXURE I
see
rules 5 & 10 )
Condition for the conduct of Amateur Wireless
1.
Use of the Amateur Station - 1. The amateur
station shall be used as part of self-training, inter-communication and
technical investigations in
radio-techniques solely with a
personal aim and without
pecuniary interest :
Provided
that when the station is
licensed to an
amateur radio society or club, or a school, college or an institute or
a University, the use of the station shall be confined to technical
investigations and
training in radio communication techniques
without pecuniary interest.
2
The station may also be used
for the purpose of receiving
transmission in
the Standard Frequency service
to facilitate operation of
the station within
the authorised frequency bands.
3.
Except as provided in these
rules, the licensee
shall not assign, under-let
or otherwise dispose off or admit any person to participate in the benefits of
the license.
II.
Messages - 1). a). Radio communications may be exchanged with other
stations similarly
authorised. The amateur
stations are forbidden to
communicate with amateur stations of countries whose administrations have
notified the International Telecommunication
Union of their objection to such radio communications.
b.
Transmission shall be made in plain language and limited
to messages of a technical
nature relating to tests and to remarks of personal
character excluding
business affairs
or transactions . in which the licensee, or the person with whom he is
in communication, are
directly concerned
and for which by reason of
their unimportance ,
recourse to
the public
telecommunication service is not justified.
c.
Special recording for reproducing sinusoidal tones within the audio frequency
spectrum, which may be either constant or steadily changing in frequency, may be
used.
2.
The licensee is forbidden to transmit --
a.
messages like the
reproduction of broadcast programmes
or tape recordings or transmissions of entertainment values or music;
b.
false or misleading calls, or signals, news,
advertisements, communications of business, statements on topics of
political or industrial
controversy;
c.
superfluous signals or any matter which is
indecent or of obscene
character or of a seditious tendency or which is
grossly offensive or
such as is likely to arouse racial, religious,
or communal animosity;
d.
messages for pecuniary
reward or any messages for,
or on behalf of third
parties;
3.
Notwithstanding clause a). sub-condition 1). and clause
d), sub-condition 2).
the licensee in case of
failure of
normal telecommunication facilities, are permitted to handle third party
messages, pertaining to natural
calamities such as earthquakes,
floods, cyclones
and wide spread fires, originating
from and addressed to a competent
civil authority namely. a).
District Magistrate or Deputy Commissioners or Collectors of the
district and b). any other officer authorised
by authorities mentioned at a). above.
The licensee shall inform by letter addressed to
the licensing authority regarding the use of his amateur station
for such purposes on each such occasions.
III.
Frequency, Emissions and power : The
amateur station shall be
operated on frequencies that
are within the frequency
bands authorised to respective categories of licenses under rule 13 and
on such
classes of
emissions and power not
exceeding that specified in
the said rule.
IV.
Frequency control and
measurement : 1.
The transmitting apparatus shall be tuned as accurately as
possible to ensure that no energy is radiated on any frequency outside the
limits of the authorised frequency
bands.
2.
The
licensee shall have at the licensed amateur station a
readable frequency measuring
equipment to verify, each time the
frequency of
the transmitter is changed
and whenever
it is necessary to check the
transmitted frequency, that emissions are
within the authorised frequency
bands. The licensee shall
take
all
steps necessary to maintain
the accuracy of the
frequency measuring equipment.
V.
Non-Interference : The amateur station shall be so
designed, constructed, erected, maintained and worked
as not
to cause interference
with any wireless telegraph
service functioning, within
or without India, in accordance
with the provisions
of the Convention or the wireless signalling between any fixed, land or
mobile stations of Indian land, Naval or Air Force or
between such stations and any station abroad :
Provided that in the event
of interference being caused by the station licensee shall discontinue or restrict
transmissions, pending adjustment of the equipment, on request from, -
a.
the Central Government; or
b.
any land stations.
2.
The licensee shall deploy all necessary means to ensure that the radiated
frequency is free from harmonics, key clicks,
hum and other forms of spurious emission.
3.
The licensee shall ensure that the transmitter is
not over modulated.
4.
The use of class B emission damped
waves . is forbidden.
VI.
Log Diary of the radio service ):
1). A chronological record of all
transmissions emanating from or received at
the amateur station
shall be kept in bound book not loose-leaf. showing
the following : -
a.
Date and time of each transmission;
b.
a summary of the communications exchanged;
c.
a brief description of the experiment and tests undertaken;
d.
the call sign of the station or stations with which
messages have been
exchanged, times
of establishing and terminating
communication with
each station and the frequency and type
of emission employed in each case;
e.
time of opening and closing down the amateur station;
f.
in case of portable or
mobile station the
particulars of temporary
location.
2.
All times in the log shall
be stated in the Indian Standard Time.
3.
No gaps shall be left
between entries in the log and they shall
be made
and initialled at the time of
receiving and transmitting.
4.
In case the station is operated by a person other
than the licensee see
rule 23), the licensee shall ensure that
log is signed by that person indicating his name, call sign and
license number;
5.
Licensee shall preserve the log for a period of one year from the date of last
entry therein before it is destroyed:
Provided
that no log shall be destroyed for such further
period as the Central Government may direct.
6.
The form
of log is shown in the Table attached
to these conditions.
VII.
Wireless Telegraphy Apparatus :
1.
The amateur station shall be equipped for reception as well as transmission
except in the case of Short Wave Listener's Wireless Telegraph Station License
when it shall be equipped for the former only.
2.
The wireless
telegraphy apparatus
and other
accessory equipment used or
intending to be used by the licensee shall
be so arranged as not to endanger the safety of licensee
or other persons.
3.
The wireless telegraph
apparatus shall be kept in a
safe condition and housed in such a manner as to preclude
access to unauthorised
persons.
4.
The transmitter
shall be of a type that has a frequency
stability comparable to that of a crystal control.
5.
Meters of standard accuracy shall be installed to measure the d.c.
power input
to the anode
circuit of
the final
radio frequency stage of the transmitter.
6.
The aerial used or intended to be used shall be so
erected, fixed, or placed as
not to cross above or fall on to any power,
telegraph or telephone line. If required, the licensee shall take necessary steps to guard,
to the satisfaction of the owner
or owners concerned, so as
to prevent any damage being done in the
event of a break occurring in the aerial. The aerial
installation shall not cause
hazard to flight of aircraft and their
heights shall be within the limits specified by the Director General
of Civil Aviation in India from time to time. The licensee shall, if so
desired, install and maintain beacon lights on and paint the mast of the station at his own cost.
VIII.
Secrecy of Correspondence :
If
any message which the licensee is not entitled to receive is, nevertheless received, the licensee shall not make
known or allow
to be made known its contents, its origin or
destination, its existence or the fact of its receipt to any person Other
than duly
authorised officer of the
Central Government
or a competent
legal tribunal. and shall
not reproduce in
writing, copy or
make any use of such message or allow the
same to
be reproduced in writing, copied or made use of.
IX.
1. General Radiotelegraph and Radiotelephone Procedure :
a.
Before transmitting, the station shall take
precautions to ensure that
its emissions will not interfere
with transmissions already
in progress. If
such interference is likely the
transmission shall
not commence
till there is an appropriate
break in the communications in progress.
b.
The call sign endorsed in
the license shall
be sent
for identification at the beginning and at the end of each period
of transmission. When the period of transmission exceeds 10
minutes the call sign shall
be repeated.
Licensee shall
not make transmission
without identification or with false identification.
c.
Prolonged calls and transmission shall be avoided.
d.
When it
is necessary to spell
out call
sign, certain expressions,
difficult words, abbreviations, figures
etc., the phonetic
alphabet and figure code given in the Convention
shall be used.
2.
Call and Reply Procedure :
a.
The call consist of -
the
call sign of the station called, not more than three times; the word DE in case
of radiotelegraphy. and the words ‘This IS'
in case of radiotelephony) the call sign of calling station, not more than three
times.
b.
The reply call consist of -
the
call sign of the calling station, not more than three times; the word DE in case
of radiotelegraphy. and the words ‘This IS'
in case of radiotelephony) the call sign of station called, not more than three
times.
c.
The call may be sent three times at intervals of two minutes: thereafter
it shall
not be repeated until an interval
of 10 minutes
during which the operator shall listen in the
frequency band in which the call has been made.
d.
In case of general call to all stations the signal ‘CQ'
in case of radiotelegraphy.
and the words "Hallow all stations"
or the signal ‘CQ'
in case of radiotelephony . shall replace
the call sign of the station called in the calling procedure.
3.
End of Transmission and Work :
a.
Transmission of a message shall be terminated by the
signal AR in case of
radiotelegraphy. and by the word ‘Over' in
case of radiotelephony.;
b.
The end of work between two
shall be indicated by each of them
by means of the signal VA in case of radiotelegraphy.
and by the
word ‘OUT' or VA spoken as
Victor Alfa. in case
of radiotelephony.
4.
Tests :
a.
When it is necessary to make
test signals either
for the adjustment of a
transmitter or a receiver or for any experiment,
such signals shall not be continued for more than 30 seconds
and shall be composed of
series of VVV followed by the call sign of
the station emitting the test signals. In case of
radiotelephony series of
VVV shall be replaced by the
figures 1,2,3,4,..... spoken
in the figure code.
b.
For tests exceeding 30 seconds an artificial aerial shall be used.
c.
Emission of carrier wave is
forbidden unless such wave is
subjected to intelligible modulation.
X.
Inspection :
1.
Any officer authorised by
the Central Government
in that behalf
in writing them, may at all
reasonable times enter
the station solely or
jointly with any other person or persons for the
purpose of inspecting and may inspect, examine or
test any apparatus installed or
being installed in the
station. The licensee
shall extend all facilities
for the conduct
of such inspections and
test and make available the license, the station log or other records for
examination by the inspecting officer.
2.
The licensee
when called upon to do so by
the Central Government shall
arrange to forward the license, the log book, or any other record or data for
examination by that Government.
XI.
Power to take possession of the Amateur Station and to
order interception messages :
1.
On the occurrence of any public emergency, or in the
interest of the
public safety,
the Central
Government or
a state Government or
any officer specially authorised in this behalf
by the Central Government or
a state Government may, if satisfied
that it
is necessary or expedient so
to do,
take temporary possession
for so long as the public
emergency exists or
the interest of the public safety requires the taking of such action. of
the amateur Station.
2.
On the occurrence of any public
emergency or in the interest of
the public
safety, the
Central Government
or a
State Government or any officer specially authorised in this behalf
by the Central Government or
a State Government may, if
satisfied that it is necessary or expedient so to do in the interest of
the sovereignty and integrity of
India, the security of the
State, friendly relations
with foreign States or public order
or for preventing
incitement to
the commission of
an offence,
for reasons to
be recorded in writing, by order, direct that any message
of class of messages relating to any particular
subject shall not be
transmitted or received or ‘shall be intercepted by the
station or shall be disclosed to the Government
making the order or an
officer thereof mentioned in the order.
3.
the licensee shall not be
entitled to any compensation
in respect of the exercise of the powers conferred by
sub-condition 1. and 2. of this condition.
XII.
The licensee shall indemnify the Central Government against all
actions, claim and demands which may be brought or
made by any
person body corporate or
company in respect of any
injury arising from any act licensed or permitted by the license.
XIII.
A copy of the Indian Wireless Telegraphs Amateur
Service. Rules, 1978 shall be kept at the Amateur Station.
TABLE
[
See condition VI 6.]
Specimen Form of Log
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Sr.
Date Time Frequency Station Station Report Time Time
QSL S.
No.
& type of Cal-Cal heard recei-
of of re car ini
of
Emission led-led or
ved Ter- cords ds
con
& power
by worked R S T mina
Experi
tact
input R
S T
ting ments &
to final
QSO tests /
stage
summary
F E P
of commu
nication
Application
from an
individual for a
licence to
establish, Maintain and Work an Amateur Wireless Telegraph Station in
India
see rule 6 & 8)
1.Name
:.........................................................
Last name .
First . Middle )
2.Father's
name and address......................................
......................................
3.
Address Present .
..........................................
4.
Address Permanent .
...............................................................................
5.
1
2
_______________________________________________________________
Date of birth Place of birth
Nationality Occupation
_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
6._______________________________________________________________
a. Category of licence
b. Exact location
applied for
of the station
_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
7.
Do you hold Radiotelegraph Operator's Certificate ?
If yes, give particulars :
_______________________________________________________________
Name of the certificate
No. Date
of Issue
_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
8.
Particulars of Amateur Station Operator's Examination :
_______________________________________________________________
Name
Centre
Month of Examination
_______________________________________________________________
9.
Particulars of apparatus to be used :
_______________________________________________________________
Apparatus Manufacturer's
Type No. Frequency R. F.
Name
Range Power
Output
_______________________________________________________________
Transmitter
_______________________________________________________________
Receiver
_______________________________________________________________
Frequency Measuring
Device
_______________________________________________________________
10.If
appeared in any of the Amateur Station Operator's Examination.
Yes/No
If yes, indicate the date of
the examination. ________________
DECLARATION
I hereby solemnly declare that the foregoing facts are
true and correct and nothing is false therein and nothing material has
been concealed
there from. I also
agree that
in case
any information given by me
herein before is found false at a
later date, the licence, if
granted, will be cancelled.
I further solemnly give an undertaking that I will not either directly
or indirectly
divulge to
any person,
except when awfully authorised or
directed to do so, the purport
of any message which I may
transmit or receive by means of any wireless
apparatus operated by me or which may come to my knowledge in
connection
with the operation of said apparatus.
I have carefully read and understood the rules contained
in the Indian Wireless
Telegraphs Amateur Service . Rules, 1978 and
undertake to abide by them and observe the conditions of
the licence. The licensed station shall not be made accessible to any
unauthorised person at any time.
Signature of applicant
Signature
of witness :
Name in block letters):
Name
in block letters):
Date:
Address:
Place:
Date:
________________________________________________________________
Note:
1. An attested copy of birth certificate or school
leaving certificate must be accompanied alongwith the application.
2.
Enclose a
certificate in support
of nationality
in the prescribed
Proforma, indicated in Appendix III, from one of
the officers listed therein.
Annexure
III
Application
for a licence to establish,
maintain and
work an Amateur Wireless
Telegraph station by an Amateur Radio Society or club or a School, College or an
Institute or a University in India
see rules 6 & 8)
_______________________________________________________________
1.
Name and address of the Amateur Radio
Society/Club/School/Institute etc.
_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
2.
Particulars of authorised official of the Society/Club/ School
etc.. in whose favour licence is desired :
_______________________________________________________________
Name 1
Designation
2
_______________________________________________________________
Date of birth Place of birth
Nationality Occupation
_______________________________________________________________
3._______________________________________________________________
a. Category of licence
b. Exact location
applied for
of the station
_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
4.
Particulars of Amateur Wireless Telegraph Station licence held
by the authorised official
_______________________________________________________________
Category of licence
No. Date of
issue
_______________________________________________________________
5.
Particulars of the Amateur Radio Society or club, school etc.
_______________________________________________________________
a.
If registered,
b. In case of school, college or
give its particulars:
institute, give the name of Board
or University by which it is
recognised.
3
c.
Give in brief its aims and
objectives :
d.
If affiliated
to any radio amateur
origination, give its
particulars :
4
e.
Give the name of office bearers :
f.
Mode of operation of the station including its normal hours of working :
______________________________________________________________
6.
Particulars of Apparatus to be used :
______________________________________________________________
Category of Manufacturer's Type
No. Frequency R. F.
Apparatus Name
range power
output
______________________________________________________________
Transmitter
______________________________________________________________
Receiver
______________________________________________________________
Frequency measuring device
______________________________________________________________
DECLARATION
I
hereby solemnly declare that the foregoing facts are
true and correct and nothing is false therein and nothing material has
been concealed
therefrom. I
also agree that
in case
any information given by me
herein before is found false at a later
date, the licence, if granted, will be cancelled.
I
further solemnly give an undertaking that I will not either directly
or indirectly
divulge to
any person, except
when lawfully authorised
or directed to do so, the purport
of any message which I may
transmit or receive by means of any wireless
apparatus operated by me or which
may come to my knowledge
in
connection
with the operation of said apparatus.
I
have carefully read and understood the rules contained in the Indian
Wireless Telegraphs Amateur Service
. Rules,
1978 and undertake to abide by them and observe the conditions of
the licence. The licensed station shall not be made accessible to any
unauthorised person at any time.
Signature of applicant
Signature
of witness :
Name in block letters):
Name
in block letters):
Date:
Address:
Place:
Date:
________________________________________________________________
Note:
1. An attested copy of birth certificate or school
leaving certificate must be accompanied alongwith the application.
2.
Enclose a
certificate in support
of nationality
in the prescribed
Proforma, indicated in Appendix III, from one of
the officers listed therein.
3.
Attach a copy of the rules and regulations or constitution.
4.
Attach the minutes of the relevant meeting.
ANNEXURE IV (See
rule 9 )
Licence
No.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISRY OF COMMUNICATIONS
Licence
to Establish
Maintain and Work and
Amateur Wireless
Telegraph station in India
Having
satisfied, by examination
or otherwise
that Shri....................... possesses
the requisite
technical qualification as prescribed under the Indian Wireless Telegraphs Amateur
Service . Rules, 1978,
the Central
Government in exercise of
the powers conferred under the authority of section 4 of the Indian Telegraph
Act. 1885 13 of 1885 ), hereby
grant to him an
...................to establish,
maintain and work a wireless
telegraph transmitting and receiving station,
detailed below, during the
terms of period commencing on the day of
the date hereof
and terminating on the .............,
19.... when this licence
becomes invalid unless renewed further by way of
a document showing the renewal of licence.
The
licensee is governed by the Indian
Wireless Telegraphs Amateur Service
. Rules, 1978.
Particulars
of the station :
--------------------------------
| |
|
| Location
| Callsign |
| |
|
--------------------------------
Issued
by the Government of India in the
Ministry of Communications
New
Delhi :
Date:
Deputy
/ Assistant Wireless Adviser to the
Government of India.
Signed
by the Licensee.
in
the presence of...............
Date:
Signature of Licensee.
Date........................
ANNEXURE - V
Frequency bands, emission and power
----------------------------------------------------------------
Category
of Frequency Bands
Emission Maximum D.C. input
Licence
power unless other-
wise specified
----------------------------------------------------------------
1
2
3
4
----------------------------------------------------------------
a.
Restricted 144
- 146 MHz
A3E,H3E,J3E 10 Watts
Amateur
434 - 438@
" R3E,F3E
terrestrial
Wireless
service only
Telegraph
authorised )
Station Licence. % %
See Note v. below.
b.
Amateur
1820 - 1860 kHz
A1A, A3E,H3E 50 Watts
Wireless 3500 - 3700
kHz J3E,R3E
Telegraph 3890 - 3900
kHz
Station 7000 - 7100
kHz
Licence 14000 - 14350
kHz
Grade II 18068 - 18168&
kHz
$
21000 - 21450 kHz
24890 - 24990& kHz
28000 - 29700 kHz
144 - 146
MHz A1A, A2A,A3E
10 Watts
434 - 438@
MHz H3E, R3E,J2E
terrestial
F1B, F2A, F3E service
only
$ See Note vi. below.
authorised)
c.
Amateur
1820 - 1860 kHz
A1A, A2A, A3E 150 Watts
Wireless 3500 - 3700
kHz H3E, J3E, and R3E
Telegraph 3890 - 3900
kHz F1B, F2B, F3E,
Station 7000 - 7100
kHz F3C, A3C, A3F,
Licence 14000 - 14350
kHz
Grade I 18068 - 18168&
kHz
$ 21000 -
21450 kHz
24890 - 24990& kHz
28000 - 29700 kHz
144 - 146
MHz -- do --
25 Watts for
434 - 438@
MHz
terrestrial service
# 1260 - 1300@
MHz Amateur
Satellite
3300 - 3400@
MHz service
is permitted
5725 - 5840@
MHz in
the appropriate
sub-bands
in accorda
nce with Radio Regul
tions and in those
cases the maximum
output
R.F. power
c.i.r.p..is 30 dbw.
d.
Advanced Amateur 1820 - 1860 kHz
A1A, A2A, A3E 150 Watts
Wireless 3500 - 3700
kHz H3E, J3E, and R3E
Telegraph 3890 - 3900
kHz F1B, F2B, F3E,
Station 7000 - 7100
kHz F3C, A3C, A3F,
Licence + 14000 - 14350
kHz
18068 - 18168& kHz
21000 - 21450 kHz
24890 - 24990& kHz
28000
- 29700 kHz
144 - 146
MHz -- do -- 50 Watts for
the
434 - 438@
MHz bands
144-146 MHz and
# 1260 -
1300@ MHz
25 Watts
for other
3300 - 3400@
MHz bands
for terrestrial
5725 - 5840@
MHz service.Amateur
Satellite service is per
mitted in the appropr
-iate
sub-bands in ac
-cordance with Radio
Regultions and in tho
-se cases the maximum
output
R. F. power
c.i.r.p.. is 30dbw.
*
On primary shared basis as per the
relevant provisions of
Radio Regulations. &
The authorisation is on
non-interference and
non-protection basis.
@ On secondary basis as per the relevant provisions of Radio Regulations.#
1260 - 1270 MHz for Earth to space satellite service only. @
The above authorisation is subject to site clearance as
per the procedure prescribed
by the Standing Advisory Committee
on Radio Frequency Allocation SACFA. as applicable.
Note
:- i. Following sub-bands of
frequencies are
authorised with enhanced R.F. power to holder of advanced Amateur
Telegraph Station Licence.
3520 - 3540* kHz
All emissions
400 Watts
3890 - 3900 kHz
as authorised
7050 - 7100 kHz
14050 - 14150 kHz
14220 - 14320 kHz
21100 - 21400 kHz
ii.
For A3F emission, the transmission shall be
restricted to call
sign of the station, location and other particulars of
the amateur station.
They shall be limited to point to point
test transmission employing a standard interlace and scanning with
a bandwidth not more than 4 kHz.
iii.
DC input power is the total direct current power input
to the final stage of this transmitter.
iv.
In case
of Short Wave Listener's
Amateur Licence,
the holders are permitted to
listen to all the bands authorised to
Amateur Service.
v.
The syllabus for the examination of the ‘Restricted
Amateur Wireless Telegraph
Station Licence' shall be as per Part
I of ‘Amateur Station
Operator's Grade II examination.
vi.
The holder of ‘Amateur Wireless Telegraph Station
Licence, Grade II' shall be entitled for authorisation of Radio
telephony emission on his providing proof of having made 100 contacts
with other Amateur using the Morse code.
ANNEXURE - VI
Register for Wireless Telegraphy Apparatus
See rule 16 )
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S.
Particulars Name & address Date
of Receipt In case of purcha-
No.
of the of the person or Assembly se,
give receipt apparatus from whom
No. & indicate the -----------
received in
licence No. of the Make model
case assembled seller.
& chasis by Licensee, No.
Type write self-made
-----------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Name
& address Date of
sale Particulars of the
Remarks of the person to or
transfer Licence issued
in the whom and or name of the purchaser transferred
ANNEXURE VII
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Wireless Planning & Co-ordination Wing )
Form
of Application for the issue of duplicate
of an Amateur Station
Licence or Document showing the renewal of the Licence
see rule 20)
1.
Full name of the applicant in
Block letters)
2.
Permanent address in full
3.
Particulars of Amateur Station:
licence or document showing the
renewal of the licence.
----------------------------------------------------------------
Registration
No. of Category
Date of Any other
Licence
-
of issue
particulars
Documents
showing the Licence
renewal
of the Licence
-----------------------------------------------------------------
4.
Whether the licence or the document showing the renewal of the licence is lost
or mutilated or destroyed ?
5.
Whether any reasonable
search has been made for the licence
or the document showing the renewal of the licence.
I
hereby declare that in the event of the original
Licence or document showing
the renewal of the licence be found either the original
or the duplicate shall be sent to the Ministry
of Communications.
Station........................
Signature of Applicant
Date...........................
Present
Address
APPENDIX III
Nationality Certificate
Certified
that I have known Shri .....................son of
Shri..................for last .....years and that to the best of my
knowledge and belief he/she bears a good moral character. He/She is of
............nationality.He/She is not related to me.
Address
:
Signature:
Dated:
Designation:
Seal:
Note
- This Certificate should be from one of the officers listed
below
: -
1.
Gazette officers of Central or Sate Governments.
2.
Members of Parliament or Sate Legislatures.
3.
Sub-Divisional Magistrate/ Officer.
4.
Tehsildars or Naib/Deputy Tehsildars Authorised
to exercise magisterial powers.
[No.R.11013/3/75-I.R.]
R. K. KUTAR, Assistant Wireless Adviser.
APPENDIX I
Syllabus
and the details of Examinations for the award of Amateur Station Operator's
Licence
1.
The examination shall consist of the following two parts:
Part
I : Written Test
It
shall comprise of one paper containing two Section as under:
Section
I : Radio Theory and Practice
Note
: Applicants
holding degree
in telecommunication,
or electronics and electrical communications or a degree
recognised by the Central Government as equivalent to the above degree
shall be exempted from appearing in Section I of the test.
Section
II : National and International Regulations applicable to the
operation of
amateur station and those
relating to
the working of station generally.
Part
II : Morse
i.
Receiving and ii. Sending.
2.
Detailed Syllabus :
2.1
Amateur Station Operator's Grade II Examination.
Part
I : Written Test
a)
Section I : Radio Theory and Practice :
Elementary Electricity and Magnetism - Elementary theory of
electricity,
conductor and
insulators, units,
Ohm's Law, resistance
in series and parallel conductance, power and
energy, permanent magnet and electro-magnets and their use in radio work;
self and mutual inductance; types of inductors used in
receiving and transmitting circuits, capacitance , construction of
various types of capacitors and
their arrangement in
series and
or parallel.
Elementary
Theory of
Alternating Currents
- Sinusoidal
alternating quantities
- peak, instantaneous, R.M.S.,
average values, phase
; reactance,
impedance; series
and parallel circuits containing resistance, inductance, capacitance; power
factor, resonance
in series and
parallel circuits;
coupled circuits; transformers for audio and radio and radio frequencies;
Thermonic
Valves - Construction of valves ; thermonic
emission, characteristic curves, diodes, triodes, and multielectrode
valve; use of valve as rectifier ,
oscillators, amplifiers,
detectors and frequency changes. Power packs, stabilisation and
smoothing, elementary theory
and construction of semi-conductor devices; diodes and transistors.
Radio
Receiver -
Principles and
operation of
T.R.F. and
superhetrodyne receivers. CW reception ; receiver characteristics sensitivity ,
selectivity , fidelity ; adjacent channel and image interference; A.V.C. and
squelch circuits; signal to noise ratio.
Transmitter
- Principle and operation of low power
transmitter; crystal oscillators, stability of oscillators.
Radio
Propagation -
Wave length ,
frequency ,
nature and propagation of
radio waves; ground and sky waves; skip distance;
fading.
Aerials
- Common types of transmitting and receiving aerials.
Frequency
measurement -
Measurement of frequency and
use of simple frequency
meters.
b.
Section 2 : Regulations :
a) . Knowledge of -
i) the Indian Wireless
Telegraph Rules, 1973;
ii) .
the Indian Wireless
Telegraphs Amateur
Service .
Rules, 1978.
b . Knowledge of
International Radio Regulations as relating to
the operation of amateur
stations
with particular emphasis
on the following :-
________________________________________________________________
Item
Provision of Radio
Regulation
________________________________________________________________
-
Designation of Emission -
---
104 - 110
-
Nomenclature of the Frequency & Wave length
--- 112
-
Frequency allocation to Amateur services
--- Article 5
-
Measures against interference
---
667 - 677
-
Interference and tests
---
693 - 703
-
Identification of Stations
---
735 - 737 743, 772-773
-
Distress and Urgency Transmissions
--- 1389-1396, 1477-1478,
1481,1483.
-
Amateur Station
---
1560-1567
-
Phonetic Alphabets and figure code Appendix16
_________________________________________________________________
c.
Standard Frequency and Time
Signals Services in the World.
d.
The following ‘Q' codes
and abbreviations , which shall have the same meaning as, assigned to them in
the Convention.
QRA,
QRG, QRH, QRI, QRK, QRL, QRM, QRN, QRQ, QRS, QRT,
QRU, QRV, QRW, QRX, QRZ, QSA,
QSB, QSL, QSO, QSU, QSV, QSW, QSX,
QSY, QSZ, QTC, QTH, QTR AND QUM.
Abbreviations
:
AA,
AB, AR, AC, C, CFM, CL, CQ, DE, K, NIL, OK, R, TU,
VA, WA, WB.
The
above written test is of one-hour duration. The
maximum number of marks is
100 and candidates must secure at
least 40 per cent in each
section and 50 per cent in aggregate for pass.
Part
II : Morse.
a.
Section I : Morse Receiving Speed :
5 words per minute) The test piece
will consist of a plain language passage of
125 letters, five letters counting
as one word. Candidates
are required to receive for five consecutive minutes at the speed
of 5 words per minute from a
double head-gear headphone receiver,
international Morse code signals
from an audio oscillator keyed
either manually or automatically. A
short practice piece may be sent at
the prescribed speed before the start of the actual test. Candidates will not be
allowed more than one attempt
in each test.
The test
may be written in ink or pencil
but must
be legible. Bad handwriting and over-writing will render a candidate
liable to disqualification. More than 5 errors will disqualify
a candidate .
However, if a candidate
receives the
test piece correctly
for a continuous period of
one minute
during the transmission, he shall be
considered to be successful in the test.
b.
Section 2 : Morse sending speed : 5
words per minute )
The
test piece will consist of a plain language passage
of 125 letters, 5 letters counting as one word.
Candidates
are required to send on an ordinary key for
five consecutive minutes
at the minimum speed
of five
words per minute.
A short practice piece may
be allowed before the actual test.
Candidates will not be allowed more than one attempt in the test. Efforts should
be made to correct all errors. However, more
than 5
uncorrected errors
will disqualify
a candidate. The accuracy
of signalling, correct formation of characters and the correctness of spacing shall be taken into account.
Note
: A candidate is required to pass both in Part I and Part II. In
the case of candidates qualifying in Part I only
, the licence shall be
restricted to radiotelephone operations only.
2.2
Amateur Station Operator's Grade I Examination
Part
I : Written Test - Same syllabus as
for the Amateur Station Operators
Grade II examination. The test of 2 hours duration. The maximum number of marks
is 100 and candidate must secure at least 50 per cent in each section and 55
percent in aggregate for pass.
Part
II : Morse.
a)
Section I : Morse Receiving Speed
12 words per minute )
The
test piece will consist of a plain language passage
of 300 characters
which may
comprise of
letters, figures
and following punctuation’s
like Full Stop, Coma, Semi Colon,
Break Signal, Hyphen & Question Mark. The average word
shall contain five
characters and each figure and punctuation will be
counted as two characters.
Candidates are required to receive for
five consecutive minutes at a speed of 12 words per minute.
However, if the candidate receives the test piece correctly for
continuous
period
of one
minute during the
transmission. he
shall be considered to be
successful in the test. Other conditions are the same as applicable to Amateur
station Grade II examination.
Note
: Test piece may contain only the following punctuation :- Full stop;
Comma; Semi-colon; Break
sign; Hyphen
and Question mark .
b.
Section 2 : Morse Sending Speed 12
words per minute )
The
test piece will be similar
to Morse
Receiving test. Candidates
are required to send for five
consecutive minutes at a
speed not less than 12 words per minute. Other conditions
are the same
as applicable to Amateur Station Operator's
Grade II examination.
Note
: A candidate is required to pass both
in Part I and Part II simultaneously.
2.3
Advanced Amateur Station Operator's
Examination.
Part
I : Written Test :
a.
Section I : Radio Theory and
Practice - In addition to the syllabus
prescribed for
Amateur Station Operator's
Grade II Examination
following terms shall be included in the syllabus
of Advanced Amateur Station Operators'
examination.
i.
Motors and Generators - Elementary principle and
construction of alternators, motors and generators.
ii.
Alternating current -
Construction of transformers,
transformer losses, transformer as a matching device.
iii.
Measuring instruments - Moving coil and moving iron
meters, frequency meters.
iv.
Semiconductor devices and Transistors - Elementary principles of conduction and
construction, symbols, biasing methods.
v.
Power Supplies - Half wave and full wave rectifiers, smoothing and regulation ,
bridge rectifier.
vi.
Modulation - Principles of frequency modulation.
vii.
Transmitters and receivers
- Elementary
principles of transmission and reception of Facsimile and Television
signals, elementary principles
of transmitters and receivers
employing single side band. viii.
Propagation -
Characteristics of ionosphere
and troposphere. Properties of different reflecting layers,
optimum working frequency , day and night frequencies.
ix.
Aerials - Principles of
radiation, aerials
for different frequency
bands including aerials for microwave.
x.
Space communications - Elementary principles of communications via satellite.
Section
2 : Regulations - Same syllabus as prescribed for Amateur Station Operators'
Grade II examination.
The
test is of 3 hours duration. The maximum number of marks is 100 and candidates must secure at least 50
per cent in each section and
60 percent in aggregate for pass.
Part
II : Morse - Same syllabus as prescribed for Amateur Station Operators' Grade I
Examination.
Note
: The holders of Amateur Station Operators' Grade I
Licence shall however be exempted from Part II of the Examination.
P.S.1.
The requirement for a number
of contacts each
year is likely
to be withdrawn . At present
you are required to
state that you have made -
contacts in 2 years / 5 years when renewing the licence.
P.S.2
There is likely to be restriction on "indefinite" number of
equipment that an amateur can possess.
APPENDIX II
Scheduled
of Examinations
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S
Place
Month of
No.
Examination
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1.
Delhi, Bombay, Calcutta and Madras
Every month. January, March.
2.
Ahmedabad, Hyderabad and Nagpur
June, August, October & December.
3.
Ajmer, Bangalore, Derjeeling, January, April,
Gorakhpur, Jullundur, Goa, Mangalore
July and October.
Shillong,
Ranchi, Srinagar and such other
places where
a
monitoring station of the
Monitoring Organisation
of
the Ministry of Communication is located.
