Department of Telecommunications

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 Telegraph Station

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

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6._______________________________________________________________

a. Category of licence b. Exact location

applied for of the station

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7. Do you hold Radiotelegraph Operator's Certificate ?

If yes, give particulars :

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Name of the certificate No. Date of Issue

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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.

c. Give in brief its aims and objectives :

d. If affiliated to any radio amateur origination, give its particulars :

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.

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 :

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| | |

| Location | Callsign |

| | |

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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

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Category of Frequency Bands Emission Maximum D.C. input

Licence power unless other-

wise specified

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1 2 3 4

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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

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

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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.

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Registration No. of Category Date of Any other

Licence - of issue particulars

Documents showing the Licence

renewal of the Licence

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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

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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.