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Amateur radio (▹Ham Radio▹) is an officially allocated
radio communications service, open (almost) worldwide
to amateur radio enthusiasts if they have taken an appro-
priate examination and have obtained an amateur radio
licence from their telecommunications authority. The ama-
teur radio examination is necessary because it even gives
you the right to build your own radio sets or to modify
purchased equipment for your own purposes without nee-
ding any approvement for it. Restrictions for industrially
produced sets occur only from the EMC and R&TTE direc-
tive of the EU (ready-made sets must show a certain mini-
mum of EMC-safety in accordance with EN-Standards), for
the other technical parameters such as compliance with
permitted amateur radio frequency ranges and transmit-
ting power each radio amateur is responsible himself. Cer-
tainly there are also EU countries which require restricted
frequency ranges on VHF/UHF on amateur radio sets for
sale in the trade such as Austria, France and Spain. Even if
many amateur radio sets have a wider frequency in Ger-
many, radio amateurs are only allowed to operate on the
frequencies made available to them, apart from specific
possible emergency situations. Amateur radio sets must
definitely not be used for other purposes even if this would
technically be possible.
Information obtainable from
DARC Deutscher Amateur-Radio-Club e.V.
Lindenallee 6
34225 Baunatal
Fax: [phone]
e-mail address: [e-mail]
From DARC you can also find out about
the licence class 3 and obtain the forms
for the licence examination.
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