Another look at SA's PLT regulations

Towards the end of last year, technical staff from South Africa's regulator, ICASA, finalised the PLT regulations and submitted them to the ICASA board for approval and publication in the Government Gazette.

From the discussion at the SABS TC73 committee dealing with EMC matters held last week, it appears that Workgroup 6, who originally dealt with PLT, will have an opportunity to relook at the draft before it will be resubmitted to the ICASA Board. The delays were brought about by changes on the ICASA Board with the designated councillor having retired.

The South African Radio League (SARL) is represented on TC73 and our representative is the convener of workgroup 6.

The current draft, while not including all the SARL proposals, includes a reasonable mitigation clause should interference affect HF users in an area where PLT is employed.

The South African Radio League