Regulatory changes for ZL hams
The amateur radio examination question-bank and the training material,
the Study Guide and Booklets, are being updated to accommodate these changes.
This all takes time and your patience is requested.
As is usual with these changes, the existing examination material can
be used meantime. There are changes expected to the RSM and NZART websites
too.
The RSM advises: "I am delighted to advise that the European
Radiocommunications Office has advised us of the acceptance of New Zealand's
application to participate in the CEPT T/R61-02 arrangements for mutual
recognition of radio amateur operator certificates."
You can read about CEPT T/R61-02 at the ERO website at:
www.ero.dk/documentation/docs/doc98/official/pdf/TR6102.PDF
New Zealand with its one-grade licence now has both T/R61-01 and T/R61-02
recognition. This is a significant milestone and brings great international
portability for this New Zealand qualification.
The "Radiocommunications Regulations (General User Radio Licence
for Amateur Radio Operators) Notice 2006" appears at the RSM web
page at:
www.rsm.govt.nz/licensing/gurls/gurl-amateur.pdf
This GURL is common to all of ZL and carries the terms, conditions and
restrictions with which we radio amateurs work. Each ZL radio amateur
will have a "General Amateur Operators Certificate of Competency"
that will carry the individual operator's unique callsign. The implementation
of this GURL requires consequential changes to many RSM and examination
documents. Again it is "operation as usual" while documents
are updated.
Please note that the GURL provides for the ZL/ZM callsign prefix facility
to be decided by individual operators for contests and for special events.
The band 614-622 MHz is not included in this GURL as a band for direct
operation by individual radio amateurs. It continues nation-wide for properly
coordinated, engineered and licensed ATV repeater use. It is not an amateur
band and some different rules apply. Engineering and licensing enquiries
to FMTAG.
It is not known when the many consequential document changes will take
place but expect later reports. There are other changes coming down the
track. The RSM's SMART on-line process for the entry of amateur qualification
details by approved examiners and the issue of callsigns is to be activated
soon.
We do live in a changing world and responsibility is being devolved to
the users of the spectrum with features ZL could only dream about some
years ago.
As usual, enquiries are welcome to zl2amj@nzart.org.nz
Jim Meachen ZL2BHF
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