The licence holder is also able to design and build their own transmitting and receiving equipment and also modify existing transmitting and receiving equipment to operate on the amateur bands.
The hobby has been about since the discovery by Marconi of Radio Wave propergation.
I Myself, have been a licenced amateur radio operator since 1988. I have always had an interest in electronics and radio since a very early age.
I hold an ACA intermediate class licence where by I had to pass exams in electronic theory, Regulations pertaining to the Amateur Radio hobby and Morse code at a level of 5 words per minute (WPM).
This entitles me to access to the following bands........
| Band | Frequency Ranges (MHz) | Licence | MF | 1.800 to 1.860 MHz | U |
|---|---|---|
| HF | 3.500 to 3.700 MHz | U - I - N |
| HF | 7.000 to 7.200 MHz | U |
| HF | 10.100 to 10.150 MHz | U |
| HF | 14.000 to 14.300 MHz | U |
| HF | 18.068 to 18.160 MHz | U |
| HF | 21.000 to 21.450 MHz | U - I - N |
| HF | 24.890 to 24.990 MHz | U |
| HF | 28.000 to 29.700 MHz | U - I - N - L |
| VHF | 50.000 to 50.300 MHz | U - I - L |
| VHF | 52.000 to 54.000 MHz | U - I - L |
| VHF | 144.000 to 148.000 MHz | U - I - L - N - NL |
| UHF | 420.000 to 450.000 MHz | U - I - L - N - NL |
| UHF | 1240.000 to 1300.000 MHz | U - I - L |
| UHF | 2400.000 to 2450.000 MHz | U - I - L |
| SHF | 3300.000 to 3600.000 MHz | U - I - L |
| SHF | 5650.000 to 5850.000 MHz | U - I - L |
| SHF | 10000.000 to 10500.000 MHz | U - I - L |
| SHF | 24000.000 to 24500.000 MHz | U - I - L |