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Overseas Travellers: Overseas radio amateurs visiting New Zealand: The amateur radio GURL provides for overseas radio amateurs who intend to visit and to operate their own station in New Zealand. Refer to the appropriate page on the MED RSM web site for information: http://www.med.govt.nz/rsm/licensing/gurls/gurl- amateur.html In effect, the overseas visitor can walk down the gangplank and commence operating immediately upon arrival in New Zealand! A “General User Radio Licence” (GURL) is a licence that provides for a given class of radio transmitter to be used without requiring a licence in the owner’s own name. New Zealand radio amateurs travelling overseas: New Zealand amateur radio qualifications are widely recognised overseas. Reciprocal licensing agreements of several different kinds exist between New Zealand and many other countries. New Zealand operators who are contemplating travelling overseas are advised to contact the NZART Reciprocal Licensing Bureau, (an NZART Service), for up-to-date information about using the New Zealand qualification overseas or getting a local licence to operate in other countries. There are different systems in place in different countries. Contact: NZART Headquarters, P.O. Box 40- 525, Upper Hutt or email to nzart@nzart.org.nz If a Morse code test pass is required for a reciprocal licence, a Morse test can be arranged with NZART Morse Testers. Arrange through NZART Headquarters. Overseas regulatory arrangements and requirements are always changing so an early enquiry before travel would be wise. The web pages of some overseas administrations may give the information and the p rocedures required. See also: www.arrl.org/field/regulations/io/recip -country.html Harmful Interference: Harmful interference is defined in the International Radio Regulations (See RR 1.169). In short, it is any radiation or emission which seriously obstructs or repeatedly interrupts other licensed radio services. Amateurs are not permitted to block or to interfere with another amateur's transmissions. Such deliberate transmissions would create "malicious" interference. Television interference (TVI) caused to neighbours is not necessarily harmful interference if the amateur is transmitting signals free from spurious radiation within the terms of the GURL. It is correct operating practice to check that the frequency you propose to use is free from other users BEFORE you transmit. Unwanted Emissions The GURL in para 5 (9) refers to unwanted emissions and to the ETSI document: ETS 300 684. (You can find this on-line using Google.) The important points are on page 6		(where it refers to commercial "amateur" equipment only) and on page 23 (where levels of measurement are given). The GURL makes it clear that these measurements refer to all unwanted transmissions from amateur gear that fall outside amateur bands. This is encouragement for home - constructors of transmitting equipment. The view taken is that " what amateurs do within their own bands is their own problem and for them to fix". Keep your transmissions "clean"! Transmitter Power Output: The GURL in para 5 (5) states that the radio frequency power output shall not exceed 500 watt peak envelope power (PEP). The definition 1.157 is in the International Radio Regulations. The technicalities of this matter are considered in the Study Guide. At all times amateurs are required to use the minimum power a nd minimum bandwidth necessary to ensure satisfactory service. Frequency Bands: A knowledge of the frequency bands between 130 kHz and 440 MHz is required for the examination. (See the GURL, Appendix 3 ). The International Radio Regulations, in Article 2, say that as the unit of frequency is the hertz (Hz), frequencies shall be expressed: – in kilohertz (kHz), up to and including 3 000 kHz; – in megahertz (MHz), above 3 MHz, up to and including 3 000 MHz; – in gigahertz (GHz), above 3 GHz, up to and inclu ding 3 000 GHz. Frequency Band Metre Band 130-190 kHz 1750 metres 1800-1950 kHz 160 metres 3.50 -3.90 MHz 80 metres 7.00 -7.30 MHz 40 metres 10.10-10.15 MHz 30 metres 14.00-14.350 MHz 20 metres 18.068-18.168 MHz 17 metres 21.00-21.45 MHz 15 metres 24.89-24.99 MHz 12 metres 27.12 MHz 11 metres 28.00-29.70 MHz 10 metres 50.00-54.00 MHz 6 metres 144.0-148.0 MHz 2 metres 430-440 MHz 70 centimetres Note: Prefix: k = kilo (10^3), M = mega (10^6), G = giga (10^9). Sharing of Bands: